Hi! Where did you see/hear this? Fingers crossed! I'd been hoping all week hed encourage DeBlasio to reconsider

It was an alert from Spectrum News! 🤞🏼

It's demoralizing as all get out, but the idea that that's the intended result and the reason for doing it, is some serious tinfoil hat stuff.

@a nonymous I don't think the poster was serious.

@MidtownMom I hope you're right! I've got a bit of a hair trigger about this attitude right now, as we're having a version of this argument with MIL (in the context of why Thanksgiving isn't happening this year). And she is definitely serious. :(

It's just frustrating that these decisions need to be made across the board, when many communities will not be impacted. My DC attend a Jewish school. I don't think people who do not celebrate understand how important it is to us to be with family and friends over the holidays. But, as a school community, we committed to safety and abstained from any in-person gatherings with friends or family. For our school community in particular, staying home for Thanksgiving and Christmas is NBD. It's just frustrating.

I'm frustrated that people cannot realize that traveling and gathering for the holidays is completely unnecessary yet school IS necessary.

I guess, but they shut down the hot zone schools without thinking about where those teachers were traveling from and I didn't hear much push back about that. Furthermore, the infection rate in schools in general is also low at 1.something % so I think that proves that the schools aren't major spreaders the way indoor dining is.

@SuperMom Everyone agrees that schools are not the problem. I've already posted about this twice on other threads, so sorry about reposting it now, but the reason they will close schools is because it is one of the few things that the government can actually control. They can't control how people socialize. They can't control secret, large gatherings. But if they close schools, schools are closed and parents who had been going to work will need to scale back. Mark Levine, on the health committee, has said that shutting down schools will send the message that things aren't normal. The fact that the most he can say in favor of closing schools is that it will "send a message" is a clear indication that closing schools is not a matter of science, but a matter of social engineering.

All I can say is that we should be advocating for our position. I think everyone should write to Mark Levine with their thoughts. Sign the petition, talk to your government representatives.

@Anonymous They can't control private socializing but they can control restaurants and bars. They should shut that industry down and pay bailout to cover costs/wages. Keep overall circulation of the virus down so kids can keep going to school.

This won't happen though, because it would cost more than just throwing the onus on parents to work and supervize kids at the same time.