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I heard schools in Europe are open now with no problem.
The combination of competent political leadership and a population that doesn't go "You're not the boss of me!" when asked to cooperate seems to do wonders, no?
There isn't a person in the USA that doesn't want kids to go back to school. BUT there is much to consider. And just mandating all schools have to be opened, refusing to provide EXTRA Funding to implement enhance safety procedures, provide teachers with better sick care benefits for risking their lives and the lives of theier families., etc....ist just plain careless.
And those panel of experts were saying the kids should go back to school using the old notion of how school was.
It isn't going to be that like.Kids aren't going to be roaming the halls by themselves at school. There are adults required to teach, administer, look after the building.
And then those kids have to go home to multi-generational families.
And the social environment is not going to be the traditional social environment of a school in order to mitigate the spread of the virus.
Right now leadership is open open up or else risk losing funding.
That's not a good strategy.
A local city council member pointed out that our district has many students who live with a single grandparent, many of whom are in poor health. If the children bring the children home and the grandparent dies or becomes incapacitated, then the children will end up as wards of the state. The social safety net has a holey past. The coronavirus is shredding what is left.
Schools are run by city and country governments. The federal government does not run them.
In a sane world, federal authorities would be able to collate and issue a set of guidelines based on the highest level of medical and epidemiological expertise available. It's sometimes known as "leadership". East Podunk City Government doesn't have a pandemic task force. The federal government does - or at least , used to have.
But leadership has been replaced with a frantic call of "Make the economy look better, no matter the cost to yourself!", so...
I heard schools in Europe are open now with no problem.
I predict parents will start killing their kids if schools don't reopen soon. I'm only half kidding.
The USA can't be like Europe. We have too many people screaming about "persecution" when they are asked to wear a covering over their mouth & nose when in public places. Even comparing it to "Nazi Germany". Even in my state, where our governor has mandated masks in public, people still walk around in stores defiantly not wearing one, exposing everyone else to their potentially infected nasal secretions. Which is why I won't feel safe with my kids being in school.
Children may be less likely to be hospitalized with corona virus, but if they catch the flu or some other illness, concurrent with corona virus, they are probably going to wind up being hospitalized. Medically fragile children are also more likely to become very sick if they catch the virus.
Heard a doctor the other day who said no one in the US under the age of 18 has died from Covid. Children rarely pass CV to adults (cited biological reason that I didn't understand) but can get it from adults, although they seldom have serious results. One reason they are safer at school.
Heard a doctor the other day who said no one in the US under the age of 18 has died from Covid. Children rarely pass CV to adults (cited biological reason that I didn't understand) but can get it from adults, although they seldom have serious results. One reason they are safer at school.
That's children under 10 IIRC. One of the reasons thought is that children have narrower nasal cavities that limit viral load. eh. Maybe. For older kids it's a different story.
The source is citing the washington post as you are, which is referencing an additional study. Although, the point I missed was density of receptors, not size, which is interesting.
"Their nasal passages don't have the density of the right receptors to lock into as easily as adults,” Kansas City Health Dr. Rex Archer said.'
That's not to say every last kids would be safe or that I would risk mine, but there are differences between kids and adults and we should understand why
Did you not watch her confirmation hearing. She has no business being in the education field. She will follow the rules of her boss. We just need the schools open since this Covid19 is a hoax and will go away in due time. She will follow of the lead of the moron in charge.
She has a degree in business economics from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, a church supported school. She has no graduate degrees of any type.
Betsy DeVos is not qualified to teach in any classroom in this country. Obviously she was the only candidate to consider in the twisted mind of the squatter in the Oval Office.
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