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In a long-awaited and much anticipated decision, Miami-Dade County Public Schools will start the school year remotely and at a later date of Aug. 31, school officials announced Wednesday.
The announcement came during a special School Board meeting. All students, regardless of what their parents declared on a recent survey, will begin the school year using a more formal and uniform platform called My School Online.
“We are ever-cognizant that many families have already begun planning for a return to schooling through their preferred model for Stage II,” said Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. “However, in light of the viral surge in our community, we believe it is in the best interest of our students and employees to delay the return to the schoolhouse and commence the 2020-2021 school year from a distance.”
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Originally Posted by Goodnight
Using that logic then 9-11, Vietnam and the gulf wars were no big deal.
And 9/11 must have been another big yawn. I can hear him go "Meh, that's a fraction of the total population. Put on the ball game back on"
Using that logic then 9-11, Vietnam and the gulf wars were no big deal.
There is a difference between a virus and a terrorist attack or war. The flu also kills more people every year in this country than 9/11 - maybe as much as 20 9/11s every year.
It's a virus, get over it. Some people will die. Life moves on for the rest of us.
Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 9,956 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 461,379. There were also 253 Florida resident deaths announced, breaking a fatality record for the third day in a row.
The statewide resident death toll is now at 6,586.
The 253 deaths mark the highest single-day Florida resident death toll announced by the Florida Department of Health since the pandemic began, but it does not necessarily mean that every person died in the past 24 hours.
In Florida, the deaths announced on a given day could be from several days earlier because the state information does not include the exact date of death. Previously, the highest single-day Florida resident death toll was reported on Wednesday, with 216 deaths.
Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 9,956 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 461,379. There were also 253 Florida resident deaths announced, breaking a fatality record for the third day in a row.
The statewide resident death toll is now at 6,586.
The 253 deaths mark the highest single-day Florida resident death toll announced by the Florida Department of Health since the pandemic began, but it does not necessarily mean that every person died in the past 24 hours.
In Florida, the deaths announced on a given day could be from several days earlier because the state information does not include the exact date of death. Previously, the highest single-day Florida resident death toll was reported on Wednesday, with 216 deaths.
Yeah, terrible numbers from FL and AZ today. And TX was above 300 yesterday. Crazy.
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