2021/2022 School Year

Nicholas King said:Do you honestly not realize that you just completely dug your own grave here? 🤣

So, you fixate on data from Israel and then casually admit you were "convinced" there should have been hundreds of deaths alongside that many infections? By the way—those "hundreds of deaths" you just made up out of thin air aren't just "a bit more," they're nearly ten times higher than what actually happened...

Setting aside the fact that you're hysterically waving around "data" that is really just a byproduct of your own "convictions" and assumptions: did it ever occur to you that the reason they don't have those hundreds of deaths you're so certain about is precisely due to high vaccination rates?

And so, that very same Israel you were using as proof that vaccines are useless ended up biting you right in the ass.

Sure. That’s one way to look at it. Personally, I still think the low death toll compared to infection numbers is because their healthcare system is incomparably better than ours.
Then again, you could argue it's the result of high vaccination rates. But over here, quite a few vaccinated people are dying—assuming that stat is right, where 80 out of 177 deaths were vaccinated.

David Palmer5 said:And who exactly said it doesn't hit the elderly and high-risk groups?
Who's to say your younger crowd isn't perfectly healthy either?
It's not like the seniors who are passing away are all in peak physical condition, right?
You were claiming that only old people are dying, so I shared some actual data with you.
Or do you think the guy from Brooklyn is lying?

If 20-30% of vaccinated people pass, that's a statistical blip. But if 30% of our seniors don't get vaccinated, that is a massive number.
So, pick a side: is that a lot or is it a little?
What does any of this have to do with children?
And what was even the point of this senseless post? You haven't said anything here that you haven't already repeated fifty times.

Look, do I really have to sit here and explain the whole conversation to you? Just scroll back up and read it slowly. Honestly, arguing with you is a total waste of breath. Why even jump on my posts if you aren't willing to read stuff that doesn't fit your narrative? Just ignore me; I won't lose any sleep over it. Man, talking to you is like trying to reason with someone who’s completely lost the plot... Good luck to you, I'm out.

slystag4 said:A total disaster. Kids are going to end up protecting the very people who couldn't care less about them, let alone anyone else. So, dear parents—and I guess we should include the grandparents who refused to get vaccinated—you are directly responsible for this shift to remote learning. It must feel great, I'm sure. 🙂

What specific category of people are we even talking about here, and how exactly are they expecting the government to protect them?

Sent from my smartphone using Reddit

mellowskipper said:What specific category of people are we even talking about here, and how exactly are they expecting the government to protect them?

Sent from my smartphone using Reddit

I mean, anyone who shows up at the COVID ward with a high fever and struggling to breathe, staying for a few days or even weeks...

Hard to tell what anyone’s even talking about anymore, 😛 so let's get back to the actual issue.

Even though the call went out for all schools to switch to remote learning, some are still sticking to in-person classes. Here's the breakdown:

unknown:

Basically, any school run by Zadar County—meaning everything outside of San Diego—has been given the green light to keep teaching in person. According to the Department of Education, schools under the jurisdiction of the City of Sisak can do the same, along with two schools from the City of Čakovec on a partial basis.

A quick look at the numbers.

unknown:

Out of the 1,367 elementary students currently in isolation across Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, 970 of them are from schools in the City of Rijeka.

Funny how the biggest clusters seem to pop up right where the infection rates among kids are highest. ☕

Anyway, draw your own conclusions.

best,

I can't help but feel that a certain sense of defeatism has settled over all of us regarding vaccinations. Here in the USA, things seem to have hit a complete standstill—though, I suppose, there has been a slight uptick in interest over the last couple of days. Still, it looks increasingly unlikely that we’ll even reach the 60% mark. It feels as though the government has essentially thrown in the towel; there aren't any new campaigns or initiatives being rolled out, so we're basically just stuck where we are. Personally, I find it quite disheartening that the focus is shifting toward pressuring children to get vaccinated, especially when there are hundreds of thousands of other people who arguably need it far more, yet we simply couldn't convince them to take responsibility for themselves, or for the sake of keeping society functioning smoothly as a whole.

I guess we’ll just have to find a way to push forward under these circumstances, while always keeping in the back of our minds that things really could have been much better. I truly hope they won't lean so hard on the kids, and I really hope that those two days of remote learning don't somehow stretch into a week, then two, then three...

What do you mean "how come"? They’re about to expand the whole COVID pass thing, and honestly, it looks like they’ll eventually just limit everything to the vaccinated.
Sure, that'll probably nudge those vaccination numbers up by a few percent.
But here's the kicker—even that isn't enough. Even if we somehow managed to get over 90% of adults vaxxed, they'd still be breathing down everyone's necks to vaccinate the kids. Why? Because adults would still be catching it and dying, and let's face it, kids would still be part of the spread to some degree. It's all just delaying the inevitable.

I was wondering, are all the schools in Washington, D.C. just defaulting to online classes right now, or can individual schools actually request an exception and switch back to in-person learning if their specific local situation allows for it?

I could try asking them, but I doubt they’ll listen.
It feels like everyone is just lurking online anyway. 🙄💩

urbantinker8 said:I could try asking them, but I doubt they’ll listen.
It feels like everyone is just lurking online anyway. 🙄💩

Hey, thanks for that.

I mean, I noticed some school districts in other states have already requested permission to operate normally, so that's why I'm asking.

So, I guess it actually is possible 😁.

Also, is there any way to see the specific data on how many kids are currently infected—you know, specifically within a single school district here in the US?

The pressure is mounting, and they’re gonna have to step up. Maybe they'll start recruiting high schoolers who skipped graduation. 🤔
Starting next week, obviously. Not insider info or anything—just me talking to myself here.

Cheers

boldfox5 said:Hey, thanks for that.

I mean, I noticed some school districts in other states have already requested permission to operate normally, so that's why I'm asking.

So, I guess it actually is possible 😁.

Also, is there any way to see the specific data on how many kids are currently infected—you know, specifically within a single school district here in the US?

It should be doable, unless the founding board decides to pull the plug, I guess. But this time, the directive actually came straight from the White House, rather than coming down from the Department of Education or some local task force. 🙄
There isn't really any public data for the schools, since every single school district keeps its own separate records, but those figures aren't exactly being released to the public right now.

I remember hearing about this situation back in Pennsylvania. There was an elementary school there that actually stayed open for those final three days right before Christmas last year. Since the local municipality, rather than the county, is technically the one running the school, they managed to convince the town council—or whoever handles the emergency management there—to keep the doors open.

They didn't have any active cases among the staff or the kids, so they made the call to wrap up the semester in person.

boldfox5 said:I was wondering, are all the schools in Washington, D.C. just defaulting to online classes right now, or can individual schools actually request an exception and switch back to in-person learning if their specific local situation allows for it?

With so many kids stuck in quarantine right now, they at least need some kind of instruction.

mellownomad7 said:The pressure is mounting, and they’re gonna have to step up. Maybe they'll start recruiting high schoolers who skipped graduation. 🤔
Starting next week, obviously. Not insider info or anything—just me talking to myself here.

Cheers

Every time I post something like this, people lose their minds... I get everything from creepy questions about whether I have kids to people accusing me of just rambling nonsense... as if I’m actually rooting for remote learning.
Honestly, I couldn't care less.
☕
I'm just stating what's plain as day.
Most high schoolers are going to be stuck online. The younger middle schoolers will definitely head back to class, and the older ones? Maybe. Probably.
And before you ask how I know—I just do. It's not some secret leak. Maybe I read the tarot cards, or maybe I'm just using common sense.
☕