07-11-2020, 10:27 PM
mrlynn wrote: Death rates from COVID19 are tiny for people under 45 years old. The biggest threat is to elderly teachers (and parents?) with serious health problems ('co-morbitities'):..
Don't want to get into a debate that pushes this to the other side...
It's simply too soon to tell what's going on in kids.
They're finding some really weird brain damage in kids and teens and other oddities that may point to problems that may manifest months or years from now, even with the mildest of symptoms.
So, we don't have a great idea of what "the biggest threat" is when kids go back to school.
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I wonder whether it's too late to push for a hybrid approach.
Some schools in my area are going to a four-day school week with half of the school present on day one, the other half on day two, etc.
Keeps classroom sizes down.
When not in school, they will have online/video sessions.
Friday is for teachers to work on curriculum and pre-record some of their videos.