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[Scrivener7]

1. Oh, FFS. Angie is leaving the Democratic party because plagues are hard.

I just can't with these people.

[DURHAM D]

3. The word hogwash comes to mind. nt

[spooky3]

10. No question it has been difficult for parents, but they are not

the only ones affected. This parent even caught COVID in Dec 2020 but still seems to downplay its risks because she wanted public schools to reopen. She is blaming the wrong party for her problems.

[Scrivener7]

15. Clearly. Also, using teachers as cannon fodder isn't a great idea either.

[Meowmee]

25. Yep

When fascism is knocking at the door, you vote the right way no matter what. If people had done that we would not be here now.

[DURHAM D]

2. So he would rather have Republicans

put the kids, teachers and staff in jeopardy. How many deaths would he be comfortable with?

[brooklynite]

4. The simple truth is: some people have the ability to stay home with their kids...

...and the resources to engage in both work and education from there. And some do not.

About 30 percent of Cleveland families didn’t even have internet in their home prior to the pandemic.

[DURHAM D]

8. So what.

Do we owe all parents babysitting services?

[Celerity]

23. You do if you are going to close the schools (which is not going to happen anyway and is far from

a Republican-only thing)

There will be no more lockdowns as well, barring some truly deadly as fuck (meaning killing the hell out of the vaxxed as well) variant popping up.

The US lacks the legal/constitutional/political tools to deal with a death cult during as pandemic..

Plain and simple, end of story.

[Scrivener7]

11. I don't know about Cleveland, but about 30% of NYC families didn't have internet prior

to the pandemic either.

Every single one of them was provided with a free computer and free internet within a few weeks.

My understanding is that that was how most cities dealt with it.

Childcare was also provided for children of essential workers.

[brooklynite]

14. Perhaps NYC has the financial ability to provide those resources (Wall Street and all...)

[Scrivener7]

17. Or perhaps they had enough school system deaths in those first weeks to understand

that the shutdown had to happen.

I know I lost a number of friends in the school system in those early days.

[Meowmee]

31. This

shutdowns / remote learning will most likely happen again if there is a worse variant and or enough deaths or the hc system, which was already not adequate to handle normal scenarios, is even more in jeopardy, especially if the young and healthy are affected more because we have seen that the elderly and high risk don’t matter enough. And who cares if we lose a few teachers, they are just glorified baby sitters and can be easily replaced.

[Scrivener7]

33. I think shutdowns will only ever happen again if many children die of Covid.

[Meowmee]

38. I think

They will also happen with any large number below a certain age range for various reasons and or the hcs is too threatened. Eventually nearly everyone will be dead and there will be no one left to do anything, what then, lol. They will still find someone else to blame it on, anything except their own stupidity and narcissism.

I say large knowing full well now that 800,000 or more was NOT enough.

[DURHAM D]

19. Yes. People pitched in.

In the early days I personally had 4 laptops cleaned up and turned into Chromebooks and gave them to my neighbor, a school administrator, for the kids who needed them. After that I was available to raise money or whatever as the need arose. Over time I hustled up food, school supplies, a microwave, two blowup air mattresses, rolling carts, clothing, personal hygiene items, laundry detergent, and money.

Still at it. I don't have any children.

[IbogaProject]

26. NYC had a stockpile of IT equipment in reserve

NYC had a stockpile of IT equipment in reserve in case of a disaster at a single school. And the IT is centrally managed so they were able to hand out gear based on need w requirement it be returned eventually. More deep tax rolls w so much property.

[spooky3]

5. The author is female. Nt

[DURHAM D]

7. Thanks - I noticed but didn't change my post.

Either way it is selfish.

[Corgigal]

6. Pediatric hospital

admissions are going through the roof.

The virus owns this space and time. Supreme Court might overturn all the vaccine requirements, then we can await a possible new variant with a higher death rate.

[MyOwnPeace]

9. "This is why lockdowns and school closures aren't likely to happen again."

You are correct - but it is worth looking at WHY they may not.

The WHOLE WORLD is frustrated with COVID. THAT is a fact. And sadly, we are ALL part of a 'fix-it-now' society, perhaps reluctantly willing to make some 'universal sacrifice' for a 'little while' - but 'HEY, we got our RIGHTS!!!!'

Somewhere along the line COVID failed to 'get the memo' that 'this shit can only go on so long.....'

Science and research tells us what's happening NOW - and they openly admit that 'things can happen.'

We have a choice - after all, we ARE free, right!

We can 'listen' and cooperate with those that are doing the best that they can with what they know at the moment, or we can be petulant little kids, falling on the floor kicking and screaming "I WANT IT NOW!!!!!!"

Many adults and most parents will 'get' that - and also understand what needs to be done.

[neverforget]

12. She seems to have just woken up to the fact that our country

does not value people, but profit. Democrats can only do so much when one side refuses to cooperate to institute measures to stop and slow the spread AND do anything to help people in her situation. She's frustrated and I get it.

I was frustrated today trying to find a Covid testing place that was open for walk ins. I finally went to an Urgent Care and got my 17 year old daughter tested. (She's positive.) My frustration stemmed from no mass testing or readily available at home tests. Neither are to be found in the Portland area at the moment. I can't believe that in the third year of this pandemic that we are still woefully unprepared for this.

[Autumn]

13. So she's soured on Democrats because she lost her baby sitter for her two kids.

her five year old son began refusing to log on for lessons. There's an easy fix for that.

[Chellee]

24. That struck me, as well.

It's been many years, but when my child was 5, she didn't have that kind of sway. She was given plenty of choices over things like whether her sandwich was cut into rectangles or triangles, what color of shirt to wear, grapes or orange slices for lunch? But doing her schoolwork? Not up for debate.

Also, the author spent a lot of time saying that children are less at risk, but schools have lots of people in them that are not children. This was a really lengthy essay to essentially say, "I would rather school employees die than inconvenience me."

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

16. This Fucking Shit

This is what is wrong with too many Americans, they cannot be inconvenienced. In their minds, Covid should just magically disappear.

Before this started, I always thought that the way dystopian tv shows portrayed people as irrational morons was way over the top. Turns out that they were downplaying the craven disregard people will show for others, when their weekend plans are put on hold.

If you go back to the beginning, had the whole country just eaten their figurative broccoli for a few months, we could have greatly reduced the impact of this virus and been out of the woods much sooner. Globally speaking, there may not have been a Delta or an Omicron.

Note: Real broccoli might have helped, too.

[msongs]

18. gee maybe the father could kid -sit and help nt

[Scrivener7]

22. Angie is clearly a dope, but to be fair to her, that doesn't seem to be how it happened in most

cases.

No surprise there.

[IbogaProject]

20. So she would've been better w a R Gov?

So she would've been better w a R Gov?

Smells fishy like astroturf. I think she got a job w an R PR front group or an R owned biz.

[gldstwmn]

44. If she's in Ohio then DeWine is her governor. She's pissed at the Democratic city council.

[madville]

21. Republicans have been working this issue to their advantage

They have effectively taken ownership of the keep schools open no matter what side of the issue. Working parents count on having stable school schedules, it’s a requirement in their lives.

[sheshe2]

27. So, she soured on the Dem party.

She must have forgotten the Rep party and that 'Resident that said the deaths would go down to one, ripped off hospitals and states of much needed PPE and put the front line workers at risk. Jared profited off PPE and stole shipments going to hospitals in need. My ICU niece had to wear a raincoat backwards. Reps, bought and sold stocks to profit off Covid.

She whines, yet so many people have died for not following the science and refused to be vaccinated. Was she? I may have missed that.

Does she know that children under five are being hospitalized at alarming rates.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

28. Angie.

Angie, Angie
Ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie
They can't say we never tried

[maxrandb]

29. "and then, this big, burly guy came up to me, tears in his eyes, and says; 'Sir...

This reads exactly like "Mega Dittos Rush, I'm a life-long Democrat, but..."

They really hit all the wingnut talking points with this one, "evil, dirty 'blue cities and states'. Only thing missing was that she didn't mention the remote Kindergarten Critical Race Theory classes.

Hey lady, move so you can send your kids to school in Beaver County PA. You'll just love it there.

JFC - More Americans have died from this Pandemic than were killed in WWI and WWII combined, and during those times, this entire country put it's lives on hold for YEARS!

At least we aren't being asked to ration meat, sweets and fuel.

Hell, people held scrap metal drives and manned USO stations. Of course, that was way back when we actually gave a shit about each other, and worked and sacrificed to defend our Democracy from fascism and authoritarianism.

Attitudes like this. Just the absolute disregard for our common good and our common values makes me think this fucking country isn't worth saving.

[Scrivener7]

30. Yes! Exactly!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

39. That's my suspicion too.

What does she expect Republicans to do, other than their continued non-fetus death wishes?

They'd probably ask why she doesn't pay for a private tutor, like they did for their kids.

[cadoman]

32. Hello Angie, welcome to the PANDEMIC.

This is a situation where millions of people DIE if selfish shits like you can't be bothered to mask up, vaccinate, and FOLLOW THE FUCKING SCIENCE!

You're worried that your school's online gym class is "ridiculous" but at least your child LIVED and maybe even learned something from that class, instead of ending up hospitalized or DEAD like so many MAGAt brats in Florida and Texas.

As Justice Sotomayor stated today, we have 100000 children in the hospital in critical condition because hillbilly trash racists insist on sending their whiny little god-fearin' cabbage brats to school.

FUCK YOU ANGIE.

[Budi]

34. "SOUR ON THE DEMOCRATS" That entire bs article is really reaching to meet it's headline.

She could have just stopped after the 1st paragraph.

"Cuz don't cha know? Democrats & Republicans are both the saaame"

Ya. The DINO media influencers are all over the place with that idendical message this week. They've rolled out that old campaign slogan & put it on a media loop.

It's appearing in various fashions, different story, same headline.

[FakeNoose]

35. Angie is lucky that her kids didn't die (or get seriously ill) last year

There are lots of parents who have much sadder stories to tell. Also there are kids out there who are now orphans from Covid. Do I really want to hear somebody whine about remote learning as a solution to keeping children alive and safe during a plague? No not really.

[Tree-Hugger]

37. Fuck this shit

It's people like this that will fuck us in the 2022 election. Just because you didn't get every single little thing checked off your list doesn't mean you throw away the whole damn party. I'm sick of that noise.

Listen, I am poor as all fuck. Super poverty. We have been super poor for a long time. 2020 was going to be my year to really rise up...get away from my abusive husband, get a new apartment with just me and my kids, finally have a little financial success and start to rise up. But....my mom died. Then the pandemic. We both lost our jobs. Our kids school went full virtual. I have some heart shit so we worked on protecting me. And it's been a shitshow ever since. My dad died a few months ago and things have gone downhill. I get it. Everything fucking sucks right now. It's difficult to get help. It's difficult to get work, especially when we were taking care of my dad and now has estate. And my kids are virtual again. I am so Fucking angry that everything is mismanaged. I am so angry that it seems like we're going to keep drowning. I'm so angry that everything is a mess. Is it the Dems fault? Are you fucking kidding me? Dems would LOVE to help people get all of their basic needs net - raise SNAP,universal healthcare for all, universal basic wage, easier access to housing....all the shit the GOP cries about. But....we didn't have control. The GOP has blocked us from doing the right thing every.step.of.the.way. When Dems make progress, we get blocked by lawsuits seen before Trump-appointed judges and appeals to the Supreme Court stacked by the GOP. Fuck, I live in a "blue" (lol) state with a Dem governor. Our GOP legislature strangled his ability to protect our citizens. They stripped him of his ability to declare states of emergency and issue mandates. And these same fuckers turn around and complain that he is not doing anything.

I have kids in school and I have watched in horror as "moms for liberty" assholes screamed at your school board and teachers, send death threats, and harassed little kids. All because of virtual school and masks. Now our school board is afraid to make big moves because they kinda don't want their families threatened again. When our dems take a stand they get threats of violence and death and lawsuits. People show up to their offices and houses with guns. Everything we try to enact gets called, "waah waah socialism." How can you work with that?

Has the author paid attention to ANYTHING in the last 2 years? I'm not 100% happy with all dems all the time, too, but the writing is on the damn wall.

[betsuni]

41. +1

[betsuni]

40. She's a Democrat but would've sat out the Virginia election if she lived there because McAuliffe

said something she didn't like?

Nope, that's not being a Democrat. It's something else.

[Budi]

43. All you need to know is in the 1st paragraph.

Should delete this

Who's wants to see the demise of the Democratic Party more than Republicans...

OP really should be embarassed to post this degrading hit on our Democrstic Party.

[betsuni]

45. The use of "tribe" and whining about and blaming Democrats reminds me of Meghan McCain.

They should, like, follow each other on Twitter.

[gldstwmn]

42. I'd love to see the article she'd write after a few years under a Republican administration.