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Sep 3, 2020
I actually think schools in NYC can open safely and stay open. Am I being stupidly optimistic?
I actually think schools in NYC can open safely and stay open. Am I being stupidly optimistic?
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No. There are private schools in southern states that have open for weeks now. There may be some cases, but I believe many schools can open and stay open.
I think so too. There will probably be some localized clusters, but all in all, it may well be fine.
Perhaps the SUNY school outbreaks will be an interesting case study / example on schools remaining open, then again, that's college, where people live in close quarters.
It depends on how irrational people get. I was looking at the NYC numbers and they are soooo low right now and have been for months. But if people see one cluster and freak out, schools might close even though they don't have to.
Agree with this. We have people acting irrationally and want to eliminate all risk. We flattened the curve but now it seems the goal for some is to not re-open at all until there is zero risk. Some school communities recognize there will be cases and that is part of it, and have a plan to follow, and some will freak out.
Agree. I think people predicting it will come right back up like in March if things open up are wrong. We had no social distancing measures in place in March -- people crammed together on the subway, nobody masked at all. We will see.
@Anonymous I saw a comment on another post that really stuck with me. The poster was insisting that things will go up now how they went up in March. Not only were there no preventative measures in March, but we now know the "baseline" we were working from in March was inaccurate. We thought the man in Riverdale was case #1. But testing has shown he was one of thousands at that point, at least. Therefore, we didn't shoot up from 1 to 1,000 in a matter of days. Rather, we had 1,000 those climbed.
no you are not at all...but somehow its the teachers who think they cannot be safe therefore holding up the opening of the schools....hmm...
I was chatting with a teacher yesterday. For him the issue wasn't safety, it was the argument, "well, what type of experience will it be if they are stuck in the same classroom all day wearing masks". I had to keep my cool.
@Anonymous Are you kidding me? You have a lot of self-control. I would have went off.
@Anonymous Sounds like a single man who has never had kids - and not one I want teaching my kids, either.
There is already another fringe group out there that are saying they don't agree with the UFT agreement with the city. I think I posted the link in another post. They don't want to open at all.
Without testing it was never a sustainable option
I don't know but I so hope and pray you are right!!!
I am with you. I think it'll be ok. We know a lot more about this virus now, and the vast majority of fatalities in the past 6 months have not been with young kids or their parents for that matter. Older and immunocompromised teachers can request accommodations. Everyone else should get back to work, stat.