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> this is more about whether to shut down schools and the economy. Can you give me any reason why schools should not be shutdown? What happens when teachers c

> this is more about whether to shut down schools and the economy. Can you give me any reason why schools should not be shutdown? What happens when teachers catch the virus? Is the expectation that they should come to work? If they're supposed to quarantine for 3ish weeks, who fills in for them? And what do you think happens when large portions of the school catch the virus, or kids catch it and bring it home to their parents and family?

rurban 6y ago
The reasons to keep schools open are simple: Kids from 1-10 are immune against COVID-19 and they don't spread the virus. The risk for kids 11-18 is lower than the risk to survive the traffic to school. The risk to transmit from those older kids to their parents or grandparents are higher, esp. with comorbidity factors. So parents need to decide by their own. Note that parents need to decide that for every years flu season. This year's flu season is pretty soft on kids, and higher risks on normal age groups - in the US only, everywhere else the risk is lower. Most countries are below the normal morbidity rates this flu season. next year's flu season will be H1N1, which has a much higher morbity, but vaccines.
- koheripbal 6y ago
  Kids from 1-10 are not immune. They still carry and spread the virus. They just don't get very sick. There was a recent case locally where an infected child spread it to her entire daycare, infecting all the kids, and in turn infecting all the parents - one of whom died.
  - mrfusion 6y ago
    Do you have a link to that study?
koheripbal 6y ago
Because kids not going to school means parents can't go to work - which means they cannot pay their mortgage/rent. There are a lot of horrible things that happen when the economy shuts down.
- fzeroracer 6y ago
  Okay, but you didn't answer my question. Kids go to school, the coronavirus rapidly spreads and then the school has to shut down again. What exactly did opening up the schools in the first place even do?
  - thu2111 6y ago
    You know kids don't get infected at all, right? Or at least that's the latest "scientific consensus". There's no risk from schools re-opening, but children trapped at home unable to see their friends or learn things definitely has risks for them.
    - jshaqaw 6y ago
      Plenty of adults work at schools. I understand the frustration. I cry for the lost year here in my kids’ lives. But I’m also not thrilled to sacrifice teachers and other educational workers on a bonfire. Will you personally volunteer to spend days in cramped classrooms with 25 kids?
      - thu2111 6y ago
        Where would this "bonfire" come from? Have other professions experienced with a "bonfire" when they went back to work? Will you personally volunteer to spend days in cramped classrooms with 25 kids? Volunteer, no, obviously not. Pay me more than what I get now, sure. I'm not afraid of children. Nor am I retired or in any risk group. I know the data about the risks perfectly well - I'm in far more danger from simply getting to and from the school in the first place. It's other adults that can infect me, not children: https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-and-covid-19 https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-a... Worldwide, relatively few children have been reported with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Data from the Netherlands also confirms the current understanding: that children play a minor role in the spread of the novel coronavirus. The virus is mainly spread between adults and from adult family members to children. The spread of COVID-19 among children or from children to adults is less common.

rurban 6y ago

The reasons to keep schools open are simple: Kids from 1-10 are immune against COVID-19 and they don't spread the virus. The risk for kids 11-18 is lower than the risk to survive the traffic to school. The risk to transmit from those older kids to their parents or grandparents are higher, esp. with comorbidity factors. So parents need to decide by their own. Note that parents need to decide that for every years flu season. This year's flu season is pretty soft on kids, and higher risks on normal age groups - in the US only, everywhere else the risk is lower. Most countries are below the normal morbidity rates this flu season. next year's flu season will be H1N1, which has a much higher morbity, but vaccines.

koheripbal 6y ago
Kids from 1-10 are not immune. They still carry and spread the virus. They just don't get very sick. There was a recent case locally where an infected child spread it to her entire daycare, infecting all the kids, and in turn infecting all the parents - one of whom died.
- mrfusion 6y ago
  Do you have a link to that study?

koheripbal 6y ago

Because kids not going to school means parents can't go to work - which means they cannot pay their mortgage/rent. There are a lot of horrible things that happen when the economy shuts down.

fzeroracer 6y ago
Okay, but you didn't answer my question. Kids go to school, the coronavirus rapidly spreads and then the school has to shut down again. What exactly did opening up the schools in the first place even do?
- thu2111 6y ago
  You know kids don't get infected at all, right? Or at least that's the latest "scientific consensus". There's no risk from schools re-opening, but children trapped at home unable to see their friends or learn things definitely has risks for them.
  - jshaqaw 6y ago
    Plenty of adults work at schools. I understand the frustration. I cry for the lost year here in my kids’ lives. But I’m also not thrilled to sacrifice teachers and other educational workers on a bonfire. Will you personally volunteer to spend days in cramped classrooms with 25 kids?
    - thu2111 6y ago
      Where would this "bonfire" come from? Have other professions experienced with a "bonfire" when they went back to work? Will you personally volunteer to spend days in cramped classrooms with 25 kids? Volunteer, no, obviously not. Pay me more than what I get now, sure. I'm not afraid of children. Nor am I retired or in any risk group. I know the data about the risks perfectly well - I'm in far more danger from simply getting to and from the school in the first place. It's other adults that can infect me, not children: https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-and-covid-19 https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-a... Worldwide, relatively few children have been reported with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Data from the Netherlands also confirms the current understanding: that children play a minor role in the spread of the novel coronavirus. The virus is mainly spread between adults and from adult family members to children. The spread of COVID-19 among children or from children to adults is less common.