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DeSantis says ‘schools are essential’ as South Florida districts consider defying state order
- Thread starter Loudninja
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Just going to post this opinion price from the NY Times for some balance to some reactionary hysteria.
www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/coronavirus-schools.amp.html
www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/coronavirus-schools.amp.html
But uhhhhhmmmm, I didn't know people were forced to stay in Walmart for 6+ hours a day.
I'm comfortable saying most schools in this country are simply not equipped to act on even half of these ideas. Not to mention the time it would take to properly plan and implement safer transportation, adaptive curriculums that can switch to online instruction on a dime, in-school "bubbles" in districts where classes push 30 students each, etc.
The biggest issue is that, and that article you link admits to this, we simply do not know the impact it will have on children short (infection rate) and long term. What I do know is that if I had a child, I would not subject them to so many unknowns because my district is unprepared to handle a crisis like this, so opting out is crucial. I think most parents would take that route.
What's going to be so gross is the point when schools because these SUPER super spreaders and the virus exploded everywhere and teachers are dying... they will have the audacity to look at the camera and say "we have no idea how this is happening..."
I've seen this argument being made but using Disney/ theme parks as a substitute for Home Depot and Walmart.
On my Facebook feed from a school administrator no less. She said "If parents are still taking their kids to Disney or Universal then I think kids can go back to school".
The sense of entitlement and false superiority is leading to this country's downfall.
The point of the Op-Ed is that should we focus on this. What is the Trump Administration doing to help? Absolutely nothing.
Excuse me?
The administration is doing everything they can right now; The Donald has even convinced the CDC to downgrade their recommendations for student / faculty / staff safety requirements in order to force schools to open before it's safe.
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT.
This is ridiculous. Kids have no symptoms usually and are easy spreaders. And teachers shouldn't be forced to return to work or lose unemployment benefits. And if they are inhumanely forced back, it will spread the virus raplidy to teachers and parents who are at risk. Development for children is not more important. 100k+ extra people dying is.
At least he acknowledged that education is essential. Maybe going forward we'll appreciate and prioritize pre-K and K-12 education more after this is all over.
This is such a difficult issue. I hate the unilateral approach the GOP is taking, but at the same time public schools provide more than education. For some kids, it's literally their meal ticket. For some parents it's the only form of childcare they can afford. I do sympathize with the teachers, probably better than most since I actually have to wear PPE and see COVID patients on a daily basis, but I think with appropriate precautions they can minimize their risk, especially if we can supply teachers with respirators. Schools are going to be a hot bed, I won't lie, but a vaccine is still a long ways off and getting a majority immunized is even further off.
DeSantis is the absolute WORST person to be spearheading this rollout to get kids back into the classroom.
11000 kids in Florida were infected from Covid
And you have this. A teenager who died just after turning 17. DeSantis killed that teenager after touting Trump's bullshit
And you have this. A teenager who died just after turning 17. DeSantis killed that teenager after touting Trump's bullshit
