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10-07-2020, 11:41 AM #27851
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10-07-2020, 11:51 AM #27852lysterine
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Just found out yesterday all of the in-laws have the covid. Father-in-law was hospitalized, too, and on oxygen. They're all across the pond in Europe. Shit sucks and I know these next two to three weeks are going to be awful while we wait for a hopeful recovery.
There's talk of flying there, but I don't see that as helpful unless we have a case of remdesivir tagging along with us.
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10-07-2020, 11:53 AM #27853
In my area, the administrators and elected school boards have been clear that they are opening because parents (voters) have requested it. Safety is secondary.
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10-07-2020, 11:56 AM #27854
Hence the need for union input. Parents and admin have the same motive to open, $$$. Teachers earn and work whether open or closed. And teachers work is harder when school buildings are closed.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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10-07-2020, 12:12 PM #27855Banned
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10-07-2020, 12:14 PM #27856lysterine
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10-07-2020, 12:19 PM #27857
I know my kids are not going back to school if/when they open. I can work from home and so it is not worth the risk of a superspreader event to get my kids back into school. We have low numbers here in Seattle area, but it only takes one infected kid to cause a lot of chaos. I'm able to keep them at home, so I will.
The "back to school" that I think people are envisioning is not going to happen. Kids will be at their desk all day. Eating lunch at desks with no recess or social interaction besides shouting to their friends 3 desks (18 feet) away. They won't be able to "see their friends" in a traditional sense and I'm not sure the learning will be any better.
I think the entire school year is toast and hopefully by next fall, we will have a well distributed, reliable vaccine.
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10-07-2020, 12:19 PM #27858
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10-07-2020, 12:23 PM #27859
best of luck to your in-laws, tetzen.
"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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10-07-2020, 12:42 PM #27860
That leech looks like an evil version of Hunter Thompson in this pic. Without the drugs or the fun, just the crazy."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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10-07-2020, 12:44 PM #27861
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10-07-2020, 12:52 PM #27862lysterine
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10-07-2020, 12:54 PM #27863lysterine
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10-07-2020, 02:11 PM #27864
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10-07-2020, 02:14 PM #27865
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10-07-2020, 02:17 PM #27866click here
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I expected schools to remain closed until we got the pandemic under control, and then for an occasional outbreak to close the local schools near the outbreak. Sort of like New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, etc. I did not expect a great country like the USA to fail at solving a solved problem.
When they closed, I was pretty sure that school year was done for. Pandemic control should have been completed about the same time as the abandoned school year - by late May. At this point, a competent response would have only sporadic imported cases. I'm tired of winning.
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10-07-2020, 02:24 PM #27867
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10-07-2020, 02:33 PM #27868Good-lookin' wool
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They don't actually care because (1) they are rich and (2) the name of the school is still associated with their child, and by extension, their own names.
I, on the other hand, switch my kids to public before the start of this year because it didnt take a genius to see this coming, I dont have cash to burn and I dont care about the name of the school, just the kids' education. Turns out the public school, while very highly ranked, is outperforming the expensive private school virtual response and I don't have to deal with the God bs. Very happy.
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10-07-2020, 02:41 PM #27869Banned
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10-07-2020, 02:49 PM #27870
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10-07-2020, 03:11 PM #27871
Well, it really does depend on what part of the country you live in. My sister's got two step children down in MS, and they are all back in school. Found out over the weekend, that the step daughter tested positive for COVID. So far just mild symptoms. Hopefully a full recovery. But everyone down there worships Trump in what is now the former Bible Belt. Now it's just called Trumpistan.
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10-07-2020, 03:18 PM #27872Registered User
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No, many of us assumed, wrongly, that the US Government would step up with robust guidance, PPE and planning to enable employers and schools to reopen in some limited or altered capacity. Just like we assumed that the US Government would take advantage of the shutdown period to build out robust testing and PPE stockpiles and supply chains. I was working in an EOC when this thought process was developed.
I don't think any of us thought that we would have a federal government actively working against the best scientific guidance to contain the spread and turn what could have been a moment of national triumph and unity into a complete political shitshow.
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10-07-2020, 03:30 PM #27873
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10-07-2020, 03:42 PM #27874
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10-07-2020, 04:17 PM #27875
Everything's going to be alright! It's all going to be alright!
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Edit: Is it just me or does he look a little cyanotic?“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
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