This Thread Blows - C19 and beyond

Patrick said:
what? Shooting Swedish fish in a barrel isn't funny?
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As much as we like to poke fun at the Europeans from time to time, these people have lived through 3 bubonic plagues, countless Cholera, typhus, pox outbreaks, revolutions, communism, etc. All a lot worse than COVID. If they ran and hid every time things got a little tough, they (and we) wouldn't exist as a people.

Paul H said:
So... if things remain the way they are... will you send your kids to school?
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If schools are open in the fall, my kids are going, period.
 
Captain Brainstorm said:
If schools are open in the fall, my kids are going, period.
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I don't mind giving it a go, but how are they going to deal with contact tracing, especially for muddle and high school. 1 kid goes to like 8 different classrooms with a kot of different students. Not to mention lunch. Those different students all have classes with a lot of different students. It would be likely that contact tracing would dictate a school-wide quarantine, no? Worth a try, but could prove a pointless waste of time.
 
TimBay said:
I don't mind giving it a go, but how are they going to deal with contact tracing, especially for muddle and high school. 1 kid goes to like 8 different classrooms with a kot of different students. Not to mention lunch. Those different students all have classes with a lot of different students. It would be likely that contact tracing would dictate a school-wide quarantine, no? Worth a try, but could prove a pointless waste of time.
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Patrick said:
I was referring to trolling Rick... thought the fishing gif might have given that away?
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Is Rick a Swede? Does he drink beer out of a buffalo horn or own and wield double-sided battle ax? These are important questions.

TimBay said:
I don't mind giving it a go, but how are they going to deal with contact tracing, especially for muddle and high school. 1 kid goes to like 8 different classrooms with a kot of different students. Not to mention lunch. Those different students all have classes with a lot of different students. It would be likely that contact tracing would dictate a school-wide quarantine, no? Worth a try, but could prove a pointless waste of time.
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But this isn't how its going to be. In our district, the kids will be broken into cohorts that don't all go on the same day, have shortened days, no lunch, no gym, and some other classes omitted. If you have kids in school, I'm sure your district has already sent you an email telling you this. That's for now. Once NJ's numbers go up, or are reported to go up, things will probably change.
 
Captain Brainstorm said:
Is Rick a Swede? Does he drink beer out of a buffalo horn or own and wield double-sided battle ax? These are important questions.



But this isn't how its going to be. In our district, the kids will be broken into cohorts that don't all go on the same day, have shortened days, no lunch, no gym, and some other classes omitted. If you have kids in school, I'm sure your district has already sent you an email telling you this. That's for now. Once NJ's numbers go up, or are reported to go up, things will probably change.
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My kid is similar, though they're still working it out. He's going into 1st grade tho. So it's different than a high school where kids have course selection. I suppose they'll have to limit that a little and group kids together based on those factors to limit contact spread? I guess we'll see.
 
My daughter's school (6th grade) is still working through it but there's been talk of a 6 period/6 day rotating schedule (I'm not sure how that works). Also repurposing open areas such as the gym and auditorium for spread out classroom, no gym, and lunch at your desk. They've set up Swivl to have the option to attend live classes remotely.
 
My wife's company is letting anyone that isn't sending their child back to school WFH. I work 3-11 Mon-Fri so I 'keep her sharp' as far as learning and things go... its summer so its real relaxed but that will ramp back up as an actual school year starts.

The whole thing took some time to adjust to but I found time between 6am and 8:30am to ride my bike locally and can get out 1 weekend day for a longer less local ride. A big time plus has been that by keeping our 4½ daughter out of daycare I am putting 1k a month into our savings account and I get a lot of time with her that I otherwise wouldn't have.


**edit** we are very lucky this is an option for us
 
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I'm torn on children returning back to school. School is structure, learning, socialization, parents going to work (even though some debate that school isn't babysitting) etc. However, kids don't understand or really have the capability to "social distance."

In Monmouth County we have adolescents becoming infected with Covid, right now due to them working part time jobs (lifeguarding, etc) and going to Graduation parties. When they weren't in school it was rare to hear about someone younger than 18-21 with Covid. I just read an article that 20 more kids were infected from a house party in Middletown. The article said The Department of Health did not have cooperation with many of the adolescents for contact tracing.

From that and how the rate is slowly but surely increasing for adolescents, I don't think its necessary for them to go to school in the fall. I just worry like the rest of us these adolescents spreading it to their parents or grandparents (who may be there caregiver in certain situations).
 
Captain Brainstorm said:
But this isn't how its going to be. In our district, the kids will be broken into cohorts that don't all go on the same day, have shortened days, no lunch, no gym, and some other classes omitted. If you have kids in school, I'm sure your district has already sent you an email telling you this. That's for now. Once NJ's numbers go up, or are reported to go up, things will probably change.
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Mostly correct. However you forgot a few key points:

* Daily phase of total disbelief that school is still a thing when the kids wake up every day
* Endless complaints from pretty much anyone with a social media account, both for and against, pretty much anything school-related
* Kids at school approximately enough time to go home and sniff an entire can of paint thinner before needing to return to pick them up
* Daily realization that absolutely 0.0 was done at school and the remainder of the work needs to be done at home
* The false sense of home now being a "schoolwork free zone" by the kids

My predicted timeline:

~9/1: Schools open
~10/1: Schools close
~12/1: Plan emerges to roll out vaccine
~2/1: Kids back in school for real
~3/1: Just like a traffic jam, the moment it is over we will all forget this relatively minor inconvenience
~4/1: Social media accounts now full of some other inane nonsense that has nothing to do with Coronavirus nor murder hornets
 
Bike N Gear said:
I read an article today about small groups of parents hiring a teacher for the year to just home school their kids. 4 families chip in several hundred a week and and they can pay more than most school teachers earn.
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Great idea if you have the luxury of either not working or working from home to facilitate this home classroom. Can you file for a return of your school taxes?
 
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