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In reply to the discussion: reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,649 posts)16. Schools are super scary environments.
I taught K-6 and there is a difference between ages and germs I found out first hand. I was rarely sick with the 6th graders but when I went to 1st I was sick 90% of the school year (same school too). The little ones are carriers and germ incubators and they take it home, spread it, then the siblings spread it, etc. Unless kids are spread out over the space of a football field I would not go back into a classroom. Teachers will be getting sick and a lot have shitty pay and health insur and are older (at risk).
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reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. [View all]
unblock
May 2020
OP
One soccer game blew it out of control in two countries. One Dairy Queen could do it to a county.
Squinch
May 2020
#2
Day care centers and lower elementary grades are basically petri dishes
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#51
We do like our drama, no mistake about that. You may be right about what's coming.
CaliforniaPeggy
May 2020
#4
reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think.
waseemazhar10
May 2020
#5
+1, there needs to be a CV19 math area or forum. DU Mathmaticians have been +-3% in predictions
uponit7771
May 2020
#23
Church services are big in red states, people are flocking to bars in Wisconsin...
brush
May 2020
#14
***STILL HORRIBLE !!!*** Relative to federated TTQ our current level is a crime against humanity so
uponit7771
May 2020
#17
You're sure to be viciously attacked by resident faux experts but this seems like a reasonable point
BannonsLiver
May 2020
#22
It's the stable retort for strawman arguments. This doesn't have to "skyrocket" for it to be more ..
uponit7771
May 2020
#26
The disaster is still more deaths than it should be not skyrocketing infections.
uponit7771
May 2020
#41
we're already in the disaster, caused by gross negligence in the federal response.
unblock
May 2020
#45
+1, a flat curve is still bad for death and the economy vs a federated Test/Trace/Quarantine process
uponit7771
May 2020
#28
+1, same ... if in a month we're at half infection rate I'll support but there's plenty of evidence
uponit7771
May 2020
#33
that's the really scary scenario, if covid-19 is just the "first" of many nasty pandemics
unblock
May 2020
#40
My sister lives in KY just north of Clarksville, and Gov Beshear has told
yellowdogintexas
May 2020
#56
see my reply #45, nearly 90% of the death toll already was an avoidable tragedy
unblock
May 2020
#58