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My townships school district announced theyre doing virtual learning only through December. But the private and catholic schools are operating normally in person. What sense does that make? All schools in an area should be on the same page with that. What a mess.

LameFAQs posted...

My townships school district announced theyre doing virtual learning only through December. But the private and catholic schools are operating normally in person. What sense does that make? All schools in an area should be on the same page with that. What a mess.

As I posted before Chicago Public Schools will be virtual learning for the first quarter. When I read your post, I checked the Catholic schools (live next to one) and they are opening with temperature checks. https://tinyurl.com/y6kysqvw The Archdiocese says remote learning will be available --- how is a teacher supposed to do both?

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CobraGT posted...

As I posted before Chicago Public Schools will be virtual learning for the first quarter. When I read your post, I checked the Catholic schools (live next to one) and they are opening with temperature checks. https://tinyurl.com/y6kysqvw The Archdiocese says remote learning will be available --- how is a teacher supposed to do both?

I believe this is what is usually referred to as a shit fest.

This whole school thing around the country is gonna be a fucking mess.

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I work in the South Carolina school district, and they are opening for in class learning after Labor day. The news claims that they are going to have clear plastic between each desk and other safety precautions, but being in the schools first hand, I can say that only one of them actually does.

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TwoBit_Samurai posted...

I work in the South Carolina school district, and they are opening for in class learning after Labor day. The news claims that they are going to have clear plastic between each desk and other safety precautions, but being in the schools first hand, I can say that only one of them actually does.

These states think they're proving some sort of point, but it's like the episode of South Park in which Cartman wrestles the little person and the guy goes "I proved my point!!" and the kids go "... What was his point?".

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Once a bunch of kids start dying, do you guys think people will start taking this more seriously?

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

Once a bunch of kids start dying, do you guys think people will start taking this more seriously?

Kids aren't dying though. They are mostly asymptomatic carriers that could infect older people who could be severely impacted by covid. Get your facts straight.

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inb4 the responses to comment before me

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DarthAragorn posted...

My college is doing this dumb shit where classes are half online, half in person. The obvious issue there being that if you scheduled your classes close together you likely have to stay on campus for an online class anyway. And instead of being able to sit in a library or something for it you may have to sit in a tent outside.

They're literally putting tents up all over campus for this instead of just going online only.

I teach at a college and we're doing a hybrid model where every class is half in-person and half online, so the students show up for 40 minutes once a week instead of 80 minutes twice a week. This is going to be a fucking disaster.

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https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1293898582723104768

Siaperaz posted...

Kids aren't dying though. They are mostly asymptomatic carriers that could infect older people who could be severely impacted by covid. Get your facts straight.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or if you're just genuinely stupid

Apologies if it's the former

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or if you're just genuinely stupid

Apologies if it's the former

Every life is precious. It is not that a child's life >> than elder's life, it is just that a mother never stops crying when she loses a child. I was talking to a friend who lost her daughter years ago and something reminded her of her daughter and she just started sobbing. She recovered in a few minutes.

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Tired-Insomniac posted...

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or if you're just genuinely stupid

Apologies if it's the former

I am sure you are trolling. You should stop denying facts. If you want to prove me wrong you could posts the statistics.

Oh wait the statistics would prove that I am right.

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https://youtu.be/khrHs98DBd0

Next 3 hotspots singled out already. 1490 dead, highest since may.

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Siaperaz posted...

I am sure you are trolling. You should stop denying facts. If you want to prove me wrong you could posts the statistics.

Oh wait the statistics would prove that I am right.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30177-2/fulltext
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/coronavirus-children.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html

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Makeveli_lives posted...

https://youtu.be/khrHs98DBd0

Next 3 hotspots singled out already. 1490 dead, highest since may.

Ugh, Baltimore would be on there

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https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1294078426673033216?s=21

Its wild how fast this spreads.

CobraGT posted...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30177-2/fulltext
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/coronavirus-children.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html

From your first link
COVID-19 is generally a mild disease in children, including infants. However, a small proportion develop severe disease requiring ICU admission and prolonged ventilation, although fatal outcome is overall rare.

Four patients, all older than 10 years, had a fatal outcome (CFR 069%, 95% CI 020182), with death occurring at 3, 9, 11, and 17 days after symptom onset. Two patients had no known pre-existing medical conditions; one had a cardiorespiratory arrest before arrival at the hospital and resuscitation was unsuccessful and the other died while being mechanically ventilated in ICU. The third patient had undergone human stem cell transplant 15 months earlier. The fourth patient was managed palliatively (without intubation), due to the severity of their pre-existing medical conditions. The remaining 578 patients were alive when the study closed. 93 (16%) individuals never developed clinical symptoms. In 460 (80%) individuals, all symptoms had resolved without apparent sequelae, whereas 25 (4%) were still symptomatic or were requiring respiratory support when the study closed.

Nevertheless, our data indicate that children and adolescents are overall less severely affected by COVID-19 than adults, particularly older patients. Previous, large-scale data suggest that the CFR in adults older than 70 years is close to 10%, potentially due to immunosenescence. It is reassuring that our data show that severe COVID-19 is uncommon in young children, including infants, despite their immune maturation being incomplete,with only few requiring mechanical ventilation. It was striking that all children who died in our cohort were older than 10 years.

It's beginning to level off a bit in Oregon. The numbers for the 4th of July were high but nothing like the experts predicted.

Next big hurdle will be labor day and then "school" starts so less people will be outside.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/369/6505/756.full.pdf

High antibody presence to covid 19 and low death rate in East Africa
Africa's pandemic puzzle: why so few cases and deaths?
BY LINDA NORDLING
SCIENCE14 AUG 2020 Antibody surveys tell a different story than official tolls.

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HiddenRoar posted...

From your first link
COVID-19 is generally a mild disease in children, including infants. However, a small proportion develop severe disease requiring ICU admission and prolonged ventilation, although fatal outcome is overall rare.

Four patients, all older than 10 years, had a fatal outcome (CFR 069%, 95% CI 020182), with death occurring at 3, 9, 11, and 17 days after symptom onset. Two patients had no known pre-existing medical conditions; one had a cardiorespiratory arrest before arrival at the hospital and resuscitation was unsuccessful and the other died while being mechanically ventilated in ICU. The third patient had undergone human stem cell transplant 15 months earlier. The fourth patient was managed palliatively (without intubation), due to the severity of their pre-existing medical conditions. The remaining 578 patients were alive when the study closed. 93 (16%) individuals never developed clinical symptoms. In 460 (80%) individuals, all symptoms had resolved without apparent sequelae, whereas 25 (4%) were still symptomatic or were requiring respiratory support when the study closed.

Nevertheless, our data indicate that children and adolescents are overall less severely affected by COVID-19 than adults, particularly older patients. Previous, large-scale data suggest that the CFR in adults older than 70 years is close to 10%, potentially due to immunosenescence. It is reassuring that our data show that severe COVID-19 is uncommon in young children, including infants, despite their immune maturation being incomplete,with only few requiring mechanical ventilation. It was striking that all children who died in our cohort were older than 10 years.

This proves that children are not endangered by covid 19? Am I right?

I am sure that any article that I provide will prove to you that it is ok to expose children to sars-cov-2. The tenor of the article you quoted is that children need to be protected from exposure to coronavirus but to you it proves children are little covid stoppers.

This is a good time to remind everyone that jurors watched the footage of cops beating Rodney King and said not guilty.

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Dr. Fauci said it: You can open the bars in summer or you can open the schools in the fall.

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Cincinnati Reds player tested positive

A friend of mine in California said this his workplace is extending work from home until fucking July 2021

I'm gonna lose my mind by the time this is over

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Mystery_man2 posted...

t's beginning to level off a bit in Oregon

412 active case spike. multnomah needs to be reverted to stay at home :(.
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This is the first time in forever we've had 1k+ deaths on a Saturday. They always drop off the weekend and then peak in the middle of the week to drop at the end again.

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Makeveli_lives posted...

This is the first time in forever we've had 1k+ deaths on a Saturday. They always drop off the weekend and then peak in the middle of the week to drop at the end again.

Fall/Winter is gonna be craaaaazy

CobraGT posted...

I am sure that any article that I provide will prove to you that it is ok to expose children to sars-cov-2.

It will prove that COVID affects kids <18 less severely than adults.

CobraGT posted...

The tenor of the article you quoted is that children need to be protected from exposure to coronavirus

Well, no. That's just your interpretation.

In conclusion, our data, originating from a large number of specialist centres across Europe, show that COVID-19 is usually a mild disease in children, including infants. Nevertheless, a small proportion of children and adolescents develop severe disease and require ICU support, frequently needing prolonged ventilatory support. However, fatal outcome is rare overall. Our data also reflect the current uncertainties regarding specific treatment options, highlighting that more robust data on antiviral and immunomodulatory drugs are urgently needed.


CobraGT posted...

This is a good time to remind everyone that jurors watched the footage of cops beating Rodney King and said not guilty.

Not sure how this ties in, but yes, the cops weren't guilty as King tried to attack the officers.

People are starting to get lazy with the masks in NY. I literally saw families, groups and friends with half wearing the mask and the other half not. At this point, it seems like only 1 in 2 are wearing it.


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My cousin's dumbo husband lost his job as a firefighter because he showed some corona symptoms at work, was told to go home and go see a doctor, and he skipped the doctor visit just to show up to work again the next day where they fired him on the spot. This dude has two toddlers and a wife who quit her job to move out of state for his job less than a year ago. He was even getting free EMT training

I don't think he's one of those hoax believers. He's just always seemed kinda slow but jesus christ man

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MacadamianNut3 posted...

My cousin's dumbo husband lost his job as a firefighter because he showed some corona symptoms at work, was told to go home and go see a doctor, and he skipped the doctor visit just to show up to work again the next day where they fired him on the spot. This dude has two toddlers and a wife who quit her job to move out of state for his job less than a year ago. He was even getting free EMT training

I don't think he's one of those hoax believers. He's just always seemed kinda slow but jesus christ man

Damn. Did any any of his co-workers get infected?

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MacadamianNut3 posted...

two toddlers and a wife who quit her job to move out of state for his job less than a year ago

i do feel bad for they're situation but husband should've followed directions :(.
maybe be out of a job for 2-3 weeks but not fired.
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kingdrake2 posted...

i do feel bad for they're situation but husband should've followed directions :(.
maybe be out of a job for 2-3 weeks but not fired.

This, suspended but not fired. I am sure he learned something. Is there a union?

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I didn't get many details beyond that because that side of the family wanted to keep that fuckup under wraps for now and my mom blabbed to me lol. Supposedly he's looking into "joining the military" now but I doubt that's gonna work out for someone in their early 30s.

But yeah he picked literally the worst time to pull something like this. Fortunately my aunt is well off so my cousin might not be entirely screwed

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the nursing home I work at had a false positive test for one of our residents. would have sucked if we had another outbreak

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I keep forgetting about this topic. I used to follow these religiously. It seems that I'm far from the only one to feel this way.

It feels very odd to acknowledge that 1000+ deaths a day doesn't feel like news anymore. I truly feel disgusted by everything covid related in this country. We are a very stupid nation.

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Haven't checked in on these topics in a while. It appears that most countries that got the virus somewhat under control a few months ago are now having flare ups. This virus is just going to run its course isn't it.

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EndOfDiscOne posted...

This virus is just going to run its course isn't it.

yes. it seems they'll never run out of hosts.
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Haven't checked in on these topics in a while. It appears that most countries that got the virus somewhat under control a few months ago are now having flare ups. This virus is just going to run its course isn't it.

Humans have the resources to beat the virus. The virus running its course means very few people over 19 are going to be around.

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What ever happened with potential issues on reporting numbers in the US?

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My county has reached at plateau. Cases are not as high as before but not decreasing the last week or two. Guess reopening next month is not a possibility anymore

Schools started two weeks ago, today we hit our highest new case number ever.

Surely a random coincidence.

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My local school district announced today that all schools in my area are going fully remote through October then theyll reassess things then. I dont see how the situation will be better in October than it is now..

LameFAQs posted...

My local school district announced today that all schools in my area are going fully remote through October then theyll reassess things then. I dont see how the situation will be better in October than it is now..

I'm sure they know it won't be any better, but "two months" sounds a lot better to parents than "indefinitely"

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RIPVyseCity posted...

Guess reopening next month is not a possibility anymore

it's not :( still plenty more people to get infected because they want freedom but comes at a cost.
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children whose parents are sick = playing out thru out the USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/parenting/parents-coronavirus-kids-caregiver.html

Were seeing situations where entire families are sickened with Covid-19, because its so contagious when you have prolonged close contact, said Dr. Thomas Murray, M.D., Ph.D., associate medical director for infection prevention at Yale New Haven Childrens Hospital. While most parents will only show mild to moderate symptoms, he added, the reality is some will require hospitalization, and its impossible to predict who, he said.

and for a laugh

Some doctors say people they treat are more inclined to believe social media posts than medical professionals.

and for Illinois rental assistance

https://era.ihda.org/

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Yeah I'm really worried about my wife and I getting sick at the same time, and trying to take care of our son

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https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1296502664944070656?s=21

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1296564302485299201

If every American gets infected, we'd be looking at about 1 million deaths.

Guam is now on lockdown

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Don't let another one archive.