Thoughts on this statement from school disctict.
Dec 2, 2020 18:51:50 GMT
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Post by Merge on Dec 2, 2020 18:51:50 GMT
This is nonsense. I don’t believe for one second that schools are not a place for transmission of a highly contagious respiratory virus. I just think kids aren’t really getting tested because most have mild to no symptoms and the contact tracing isn’t catching those transmissions.
If it wasn’t really transmitted at school that would be different to literally every single solitary virus that has ever existed. It’s insane to think this one is somehow special and can be transmitted at social events but not in classrooms. If the disease burden in the community is high, the disease burden in the school will also be high. It will be lessened by mitigation strategies. But it is absurd to think classrooms are magical covid no-transmit zones.
I get really frustrated with the data for places like dance studios, gyms and to a lesser extent, schools. Many loud voices in my state are clamoring on about the stats at gyms (even bars, et al) and that they should be open. IDK...common sense tells me that the HUGE pool of "unknown community spread" is from places like gyms. It isn't that the gyms or bars are not clean or doing what they can, it is that people are not wearing masks and talking/breathing near people from other households. That is how my DH got covid and brought it home to me. He got it in a bar. It wasn't the bar's fault. It was his and his asymptomatic friend's fault.
Schools are better because of masks, but many of those students have lunch, do activities and hang out in each other's homes and cars, etc... without masks and some of that happens with or without school, but with schools closed, it does make it harder.
Everyone wants the spread to be happening someplace else. If you want schools, you say it’s bars and gyms. If you want bars and gyms open, it’s at family gatherings. The truth is probably that it’s all those places.
If you (general you) want school to continue, you have to shut down restaurants and bars and limit retail, and get people to agree with no home gatherings. If you want bars and home gatherings more, shut down the schools. Otherwise, at some point, the teachers are going to make the choice for you.