say kis are low risk as transmitters - that can't be further from the truth...from your own link
"he more people a student or staff member interacts with, and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread. The risk of COVID-19 spread increases in school settings as follows:
Lowest Risk: Students and teachers engage in virtual-only classes, activities, and events.
More Risk: Small, in-person classes, activities, and events. Groups of students stay together and with the same teacher throughout/across school days and groups do not mix. Students remain at least 6 feet apart and do not share objects (e.g., hybrid virtual and in-person class structures, or staggered/rotated scheduling to accommodate smaller class sizes).
Highest Risk: Full sized, in-person classes, activities, and events. Students are not spaced apart, share classroom materials or supplies, and mix between classes and activities."
PUt a bunch of grade school kids in a classroom (and face it, classes are now 20-25 kids, sometimes more) and you have a petri dish for transmission and infection.
I'm all for education - but when there are alternatives available - safer alternative, and they ARE there - then schools should not open for students - stick to virtual school-based learning or let parents home school.
LD you have stated several times in various places "The children need to go back and the parents need to work." - schools are not babysitters - if parents need to work they need to find childcare...period. |
