Current Events > You will be warned for posting that you think schools should be opened

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NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925794511/were-the-risks-of-reopening-schools-exaggerated

Despite widespread concerns, two new international studies show no consistent relationship between in-person K-12 schooling and the spread of the coronavirus. And a third study from the United States shows no elevated risk to childcare workers who stayed on the job.

Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/feared-covid-outbreaks-in-schools-yet-to-arrive-early-data-shows/2020/09/23/0509bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

NBC
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/202-more-students-staff-at-mass-schools-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2216674/
Local public health experts say the data seems pretty clear -- after several weeks of in-person or hybrid learning, COVID-19 is not spreading in Massachusetts schools as some had feared.
What were seeing in schools is that there are occasional cases that occur, but what were not necessarily seeing are cases where kids are acquiring the infection in school, said Dr. Paul Sax, who studies COVID-19 closely as the clinical director of the Infectious Diseases Division at Brigham and Womens Hospital.

Gamefaqs:
"stating that keeping schools closed is irrational is incredibly offensive and not allowed."

No you won't.

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whitelytning posted...

No you won't.

I just did. I literally posted the message I got when I was warned. This happened and it was upheld when I disputed it. Any moderator on this site can confirm if they would like.

Who actually wants to go to school? Wish the pandemic was when I was in school instead.

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I think schools should be opened

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I think schools should be open.

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schools should be open


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Enjoy your warnings / bans guys.

i want schools to be wide the heck open

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Atralis posted...

"...incredibly offensive and not allowed."

*Eyeroll*

Oh really? 'incredibly'?

Give me a break.

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so freaking wide open

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Vicious_Dios posted...

*Eyeroll*

Oh really? 'incredibly'?

Give me a break.

You must be a conspiracy theorist getting your news from conspiracy theorists like NPR, the Washington Post or the BBC.

TC should be warned

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How long until a mod comes in and exposes TC as a clown?

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So opened that the pediatric folk all agree

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Delirious_Beard posted...

TC should be warned

I suspect I will be. You aren't allowed to have thoughts that oppose any restriction being implemented to fight the covid. Even if it is massively destructive and the most reputable journalists and scientists in the country tell you those restrictions do nothing to fight the virus.

You can only think one way.

Captain_Qwark posted...

It says many of them are hybrid

And they're all using masks and staying six feet part and using hand sanitizer when entering/leaving rooms.

So pf course the spread will be less. That means those efforts are working lol

I support all of these things. I wear a mask everywhere I go and I have hand sanitizer sitting at my desk at work that I splash on my hands every time I have to go somewhere else in the building.

That being said I believe that at 100% at home schooling doesn't work for a lot of kids. We have data saying that bringing these kids in, with measures being taken like you described, does no lead to outbreaks.

I'm not going to say I think we should put kids into in person classes because that is a warning offense but I think we should look at the data and make a rational decision that chooses the lesser of two evils.

Atralis posted...

You can only think one way.

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Guys, Im warned

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stating that keeping schools closed is irrational

is not the same as

posting that you think schools should be opened

.
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Laserion posted...

stating that keeping schools closed is irrational

is not the same as

posting that you think schools should be opened

So your take is that someone is allowed to read the most reputable news sources on the planet showing data showing that covid is not spreading significantly in k-12 schools after they are opened and then post

"its irrational to keep schools closed"

But someone can not read any new sources and not be informed at all and just say
"I like schools. They should open. Hooray."

Because the problem with my post is that I suggested I was putting forward a rational response to covid given the data that we have. You aren't allowed to do that. Its offensive. Offensive enough to be warned.

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925794511/were-the-risks-of-reopening-schools-exaggerated

While agreeing that emerging data is encouraging, other experts said the United States as a whole has made little progress toward practices that would allow schools to make reopening safer from rapid and regular testing, to contact tracing to identify the source of outbreaks, to reporting school-associated cases publicly, regularly and consistently.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/feared-covid-outbreaks-in-schools-yet-to-arrive-early-data-shows/2020/09/23/0509bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
She called the early data potentially optimistic but said it is premature for districts to change course and decide to open their buildings.

Much of the concern is focused on teachers and other adults in the building, because data shows that covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is far more deadly to older patients.

According to the American Federation of Teachers, 14 active teachers, principals and counselors have died of covid-19 since the school year started, although it is not possible to conclude that any one of them contracted the coronavirus at school.

ButteryMales posted...

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925794511/were-the-risks-of-reopening-schools-exaggerated

While agreeing that emerging data is encouraging, other experts said the United States as a whole has made little progress toward practices that would allow schools to make reopening safer from rapid and regular testing, to contact tracing to identify the source of outbreaks, to reporting school-associated cases publicly, regularly and consistently.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/feared-covid-outbreaks-in-schools-yet-to-arrive-early-data-shows/2020/09/23/0509bb84-fd22-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html
She called the early data potentially optimistic but said it is premature for districts to change course and decide to open their buildings.

Much of the concern is focused on teachers and other adults in the building, because data shows that covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is far more deadly to older patients.

According to the American Federation of Teachers, 14 active teachers, principals and counselors have died of covid-19 since the school year started, although it is not possible to conclude that any one of them contracted the coronavirus at school.

I agree we should have a debate over this. If discussion on this topic were allowed and not a bannable offense I would argue that there are over 50,000,000 k-12 students in the US and 14 deaths teaching 50 million students makes it tough to make a strong connection between opening schools and covid deaths.

But schools are open

Just not in third world countries like the US
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