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I live in Ontario, Canada. To be honest, I'm going to be pretty pissed if schools are a major reason why a second wave happens in the fall largely because the g
by colmvp 6y ago
I live in Ontario, Canada. To be honest, I'm going to be pretty pissed if schools are a major reason why a second wave happens in the fall largely because the government basically did nothing to help schools reduce the likelihood of transmission via decreasing classroom sizes. Where I live, they even had the gall to say that schools should use cafeterias as spaces for teaching in spite of the fact that most schools here don't have cafeterias.
I also dislike the fact that they haven't even bothered to experiment with different ideas, but are instead just going full steam ahead with normal school schedules in spite of the fact that literally every sector in the province is doing things very differently to suppress the spread of the virus.
- ThomPete 6y agonot sure what you are expecting. We wont be able to deal with this unless we get a vaccine and if we dont exactly what are you expecting us to do? The consequences of keeping things in lockdown are plentiful and we already know children arent being affected. So protect old and frail and lets get back to a semi normal reality taking all the precausions we can.
- WalterGR 6y agoLots of teachers are old and/or vulnerable. Lots of people who work or volunteer at the schools are old and/or vulnerable. Lots of parents are old and/or vulnerable. Lots of grandparents - same. And then all of the people those people interact with. Children do not exist in a vacuum. This is the point.
- ThomPete 6y agolots of teachers are young. Lots of people who work at schools are young. Let the old stay home, there is no reason to keep the young and healthy home. Again what are you going to do if we dont get vaccines?
- WalterGR 6y agolots of teachers are young. Lots of people who work at schools are young. https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-many-teachers-are-at-risk-of-serious-illness-if-infected-with-coronavirus/ https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-man... "one in four teachers (24%, or about 1.47 million people), have a condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness from coronavirus. This percentage is the same as the one we found for workers overall" Let the old stay home How will the 1.47 million teachers mentioned above pay their bills and put food on the table? Again what are you going to do if we dont get vaccines? That's what everyone is trying to figure out. Telling the old and frail to quarantine themselves just isn't the answer, because old and and frail people work for a living, and live with relatives who have children, and live alone but have family members that come to care for them, etc. etc.
- ThomPete 6y agothe old and frail teachers can teach from home for some of the classes. its still 75% who are not in danger and even among the 25% there are still many who would teach anyway. Of course its the answer to tell the old and frail to quarantine just like we are now. putting the eorld to a stop is what is not an answer
- barabba 6y agoChildren are susceptible to infection, and long term consequences are not clear.
- ThomPete 6y agoeveryone is susceptible to infections thats not what we are talking about. Most people cant afford babysitters for their kids, 80% of the workforce dont work behind a computer. What you guys seem to suggest will bankrupt most families.
- barabba 6y agoI haven't suggested anything. What did you mean when you said that "we already know children aren't being affected"?