As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

[JacksinPA]

As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

NEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus resurgence in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

The city’s public school system this fall became one of just a few large, urban districts in the U.S. to welcome students back into classrooms. A little more than a quarter of the city’s 1.1 million pupils have been attending classes in person between one and three days a week.

Just a few weeks ago, the return was going well enough that officials decided to give a little shove to the majority of parents who had opted to stick with all-remote learning: Send your kids back now, parents were told, or forfeit the option of having them return later this academic year.
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This virus is an equal opportunity pathogen.

 

[MamboDervish]

As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

NEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus resurgence in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

apnews.com

NEW YORK (AP) — A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

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This virus is an equal opportunity pathogen.

Indeed it is. And a capricious virus as well, glossing over many people while laying others low. Even with nearly a full year of data on this one, there is still so much that isn't known.

But it seems to me that the implication in your article is that the resurgence is somehow due to schools reopening, when it fact no such cause/effect has been revealed. The flareup may shut schools down again, but that doesn't mean that schools played a part in the flareup. More likely it has to do with relaxed standards of social distancing and hygiene, and the onset of changing seasons .

 

[Spakian]

As coronavirus spikes, NYC prepares to close schools again

NEW YORK (AP) — A coronavirus resurgence in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

apnews.com

NEW YORK (AP) — A resurgence of the coronavirus in New York City is threatening to halt the nation’s biggest experiment with in-person learning.

The city’s public school system this fall became one of just a few large, urban districts in the U.S. to welcome students back into classrooms. A little more than a quarter of the city’s 1.1 million pupils have been attending classes in person between one and three days a week.

Just a few weeks ago, the return was going well enough that officials decided to give a little shove to the majority of parents who had opted to stick with all-remote learning: Send your kids back now, parents were told, or forfeit the option of having them return later this academic year.
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This virus is an equal opportunity pathogen.

It has gotten worse in many states, take Minnesota, a blue state without insane COVID records. In MN, schools were only up for a mere 2 months before they had to close down. It's getting much worse around election season, and I don't expect it to get any better in the coming weeks.

 

[MamboDervish]

It has gotten worse in many states, take Minnesota, a blue state without insane COVID records. In MN, schools were only up for a mere 2 months before they had to close down. It's getting much worse around election season, and I don't expect it to get any better in the coming weeks.

I remember writing back in March - perhaps on these very boards - that after quieting down in the summer, the 1918 pandemic started to spike in late August, had its highest death toll that Autumn, and wound up lasting two full years. I got hammered by the know-nothings who had convinced themselves that a) it was a hoax, b) it would run it's course very quickly, c) it was no worse than the common flu, and d) that unlike its 1918 precursor, modern medicine would solve the problem in no time at all. Don't be surprised if it is still rattling around in our rib cages come December of 2021.