COVID-19 Response: An issue that shouldn't be at all political....yet here we are

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Originally Posted by catman

Vaccinating teachers should be the first step toward opening schools.
Public schools have been underfunded for generations and they need to have their funding increased for basic supplies. Many teachers, in order to be sure their rooms are cleaned properly, do the cleaning once a week themselves using supplies that they purchase with their own funds. If states are serious about reopening schools completely, they must take sanitation in schools more seriously. They must increase the cleaning staff and supply them with their needs. It is more than sweeping and mopping floors now. Surfaces must be cleaned daily, at the very least. Kids must be instructed to wash their hands regularly.

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Sorry but there is a lot wrong here.

Schools can open now.

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Originally Posted by ewing

Oh you think we should write a national policy based on your unverified anecdotal experience that happens to line up with what more conservative think. I don’t know it schools should remote or in person but imo your not making a non partisan case either


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My concern with schools has always been whether these kids are regressing socially and/or falling behind scholastically the more time they spend remote learning. A big part of school is the social aspect. When it was just a few months, OK, but now many are reaching a full school year. I know many have gone hybrid where each group is, for example, in person learning one week and remote the next. At least that helps, but they don't often change up the groups (like after the holiday break), so kids see the same classmates all year. Plus, there's not enough teachers for THEM to go hybrid. Plus, there's the impact on the family, especially if both work- they're used to their kids being supervised most of their work days, but have to adjust if their kids aren't in school...and many day cares are either closed or lower capacity.

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

My concern with schools has always been whether these kids are regressing socially and/or falling behind scholastically the more time they spend remote learning. A big part of school is the social aspect. When it was just a few months, OK, but now many are reaching a full school year. I know many have gone hybrid where each group is, for example, in person learning one week and remote the next. At least that helps, but they don't often change up the groups (like after the holiday break), so kids see the same classmates all year. Plus, there's not enough teachers for THEM to go hybrid. Plus, there's the impact on the family, especially if both work- they're used to their kids being supervised most of their work days, but have to adjust if their kids aren't in school...and many day cares are either closed or lower capacity.

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Very few want to talk about the true damage the lock downs have caused. You indicated a few right there.

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Originally Posted by brett05

Sorry but there is a lot wrong here.

Schools can open now.

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Thank goodness your opinion carries so much weight.

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

My concern with schools has always been whether these kids are regressing socially and/or falling behind scholastically the more time they spend remote learning. A big part of school is the social aspect. When it was just a few months, OK, but now many are reaching a full school year. I know many have gone hybrid where each group is, for example, in person learning one week and remote the next. At least that helps, but they don't often change up the groups (like after the holiday break), so kids see the same classmates all year. Plus, there's not enough teachers for THEM to go hybrid. Plus, there's the impact on the family, especially if both work- they're used to their kids being supervised most of their work days, but have to adjust if their kids aren't in school...and many day cares are either closed or lower capacity.

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All valid concerns


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Originally Posted by ewing

Oh you think we should write a national policy based on your unverified anecdotal experience that happens to line up with what more conservative think. I don’t know it schools should remote or in person but imo your not making a non partisan case either

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Supposedly Fauci, the WHO, and the CDC say schools should re-open.

I understand it being a concern for teachers and parents, but fear isn't necessarily rational or reasonable.

I have one kid still at home every day and one who has 2 outdoor classes at the school a week.

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Originally Posted by Scoots

Supposedly Fauci, the WHO, and the CDC say schools should re-open.

I understand it being a concern for teachers and parents, but fear isn't necessarily rational or reasonable.

I have one kid still at home every day and one who has 2 outdoor classes at the school a week.

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Everyone thinks schools should reopen; it's a matter of how and when though. By no means is Fauci saying that schools should currently be open for in person learning.

https://ktla.com/news/international/...irus-variants/

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Originally Posted by Scoots

Supposedly Fauci, the WHO, and the CDC say schools should re-open.

I understand it being a concern for teachers and parents, but fear isn't necessarily rational or reasonable.

I have one kid still at home every day and one who has 2 outdoor classes at the school a week.

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I don’t care and haven’t looked into it. What you are saying would influence me more the little Broncos experience


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Originally Posted by ewing

Oh you think we should write a national policy based on your unverified anecdotal experience that happens to line up with what more conservative think. I don’t know it schools should remote or in person but imo your not making a non partisan case either


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There is nothing anecdotal or partisan about what I posted. It is a fact that there are 1600 students (both liberal and conservative) that have been attending in person school for 7 months. It is also a fact that not a single teacher has contracted covid from these 1600 students. It is also fact that many schools across the country are doing and experiencing the same results. Nasty seems to be seeing the same results at his niece's school in a massively blue state. So, maybe you just wanted to play politics.

Or is it that if schools reopen, you have to go back to cleaning toilets and stop collecting unemployment?

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Originally Posted by dbroncsinmo

There is nothing anecdotal or partisan about what I posted. It is a fact that there are 1600 students (both liberal and conservative) that have been attending in person school for 7 months. It is also a fact that not a single teacher has contracted covid from these 1600 students. It is also fact that many schools across the country are doing and experiencing the same results. Nasty seems to be seeing the same results at his niece's school in a massively blue state. So, maybe you just wanted to play politics.

Or is it that if schools reopen, you have to go back to cleaning toilets and stop collecting unemployment?

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The experience of two schools in a country this size is anecdotal.

If you read you would have saw I don’t have an opinion on the matter



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Never forget: if you disagree with dbroncsinmo you are poor, fat, and have no life.

A couple months ago a bus driver at school near me was COVID positive and it lead to a bunch of cases in one of the schools. Close all schools???


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Originally Posted by spliff(TONE)

Never forget: if you disagree with dbroncsinmo you are poor, fat, and have no life.

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He is a janitor at a school. Pull your head out of your ***.

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Originally Posted by ewing

A couple months ago a bus driver at school near me was COVID positive and it lead to a bunch of cases in one of the schools. Close all schools???


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I certainly hope that driver got taken off their route for a couple weeks until they're testing negative.

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Originally Posted by dbroncsinmo

He is a janitor at a school. Pull your head out of your ***.

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Why the hell would I know what his profession is? Not to mention, that still goes right along with what I said. You think he's a poor mooch who makes more on unemployment than he does at his actual job and/or is too lazy to care.

Outside of the nurse who mentions he's a nurse at every opportunity possible, I'm not sure if I know what any of these people do for a living.