Coronavirus in the United States - news and thoughts

Silly. Death rate under 18 is like 0.0000001%

 

What are the age groups and at risk factors involved for teachers, other school staff and family members?

How effective are school children at social distancing, mask wearing, washing hands regularly etc, to help minimize spread of viruses?

 

You must really want a massive spike in cases in the fall.

 

The young people are already on that mission as we speak...

 

LG must be under 18, which explains much, apparently he doesn't give 2 cents
for age demographics over 18.

 

You're really fast with the lies and the insults. Gotta give credit where it's due.

 

Could be a factor.

Although I tend to think he's just hyper engaged in Trump policy positions, to the point of not considering adverse impacts / unintended consequences of those positions.

 

Source, please. With just over 50 million K-12 aged children in the US, with this rate, we wouldn't expect to see any deaths for kids. Yet, according to the CDC, there have already been 7 moralities attributed to COVID-19. And this with much of the country staying home and kids out of school for summer, and only counting kids 5-14. It's not a huge number, no, but throw everyone back into the classroom, and the number it's likely to increase exponentially. And what's an acceptable causality rate for school age kids in order to open the schools?

In Arizona, there was a story that said the average school teacher was around 42 years old. This included some, fresh-out-of-college kids, which also means there are those 55 and older included. Should we expect the older teachers to be in a classroom? And what's an acceptable causality rate for them?

 

Not to mention the administration, janitorial staff, and the people who prepare the food.

 

Nothing gets by you, does it?

 

Increase exponentially? You lost me there. But kids are 5 times more likely to die of the flu than Covid-19 and we still send them to school...

 

Have them wear masks. Simple solution. Masks limit the exposure. Can't keep kids home until there is a vaccine. A vaccine could be 6 months away or 3 years away. But hoping for a vaccine isn't a policy.

 

when are we suppose to see this massive increase in deaths? i went back 60 days, 8 and a half weeks, and the average per day is 725.i thought it took 4-6 weeks, yet the numbers from 2 months ago do not support this.

 

I don't like to let people slide on facts. You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.

And the facts are, we don't really know what the morbidity rate among school age kids would be with school exposure. And while masks limit the spread, non-surgical masks weren't designed to protect people, indoors, for hours at a time. And even surgical masks aren't 100% effective at stopping the spread of COVID. That's why thousands of healthcare workers have already gotten sick, even with precautions.

Spending hours in a classroom, even with social distancing and masks, is a high-risk environment. Period. Especially in places that are hotspots, it's not a question of if someone in a classroom gets diagnosed with COVID, it's when. And then what?

 

Our county (one of the largest in metro ATL) has decided to make masks recommended, but not mandatory for the students. I really don't understand that.

 

The lack of morality amongst that group is astounding indeed.

 

Hi Navy - Hey I might have you confused but were you not feeling well recently?
Hope I got it wrong.

be safe, be well.

 

We really need a WTF rating.

 

it’s because atlanta tried to add a mandate and the governor said that his policy superseded hers. So all they can do is make it a strong suggestion.

and what’s more republican than telling local government what they can and can’t do?