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4 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

Incorrect.  The learning was partial and only for preK-2 and some high school seniors.  Nowhere near anything "full."

I have some inside sources for this.  For February yes.  That's the plan.  They're planning for a full return in March while providing virtual learning for kids who "opt out."  Also, the city has the judges in their back pocket so the teacher's union doesn't stand a chance in court.

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3 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

I have some inside sources for this.  For February yes.  That's the plan.  They're planning for a full return in March while providing virtual learning for kids who "opt out."  Also, the city has the judges in their back pocket so the teacher's union doesn't stand a chance in court.

 

 

This is what they've been saying going on 11 months now.  Yes they're all "planning" to go back.  But they keep pushing and pushing back and delaying and delaying.  And kids keep getting set back and crushed.     

 

Start partial.  Full hybrid the next month.  No one talking about when they'll be full normal childhood again.  Nobody.  

 

Based on all the metrics they have set....government....the unions...and the public that's all good with it.....for those that can't think, this virus isn't going anywhere.  Many people are not going to get a vaccine; we are telling people that even when they get it.....PLEASE STILL DISTANCE.  Why?  

 

Ok....so till when?  Why am I taking this vaccine you're not mandating btw?  Why exactly?  

 

 

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There is no plan to open High Schools.  

 

Biden's "100 days plan" to reopen the schools is K--8 only.  

 

Guess what Emperor Fauci told the AFT yesterday:

 

“The President is taking very seriously the issue both from the students’ standpoint and from the teachers’ standpoint. And he really wants to, and believes, that the schools need to reopen in the next 100 days, essentially all K-8 schools within 100 days.....

 

“That’s the goal. That may not happen. Because there may be mitigating circumstances. But what he really wants to do is everything within his power to help get to that.”

 

 

 

"There may be mitigating circumstances...."

 

Oh.....and in 100 days....it's May.  We really opening up school for a month?  How stupid and ignorant can everyone possibly be?  Don't demand answers or anything.  The kids have 5 childhoods they'll be fine.  

 

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Mayor Bloomberg had w good editorial in the Seattle Times today.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/getting-kids-back-into-classrooms-should-be-a-national-priority/

 

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In addition to the terrible toll COVID-19 has taken on the nation’s health, it’s been a calamity for American education. Only about 15% of school districts offered full-time in-person classes last fall. For students and parents elsewhere, the pandemic has meant navigating novel and often dubious remote-learning software. Any parent of a young child can attest that virtual instruction typically falls somewhere between subpar and hopeless.

 

The results have been alarming but not surprising. Early research suggests sharply reduced learning gains; widening racial disparities in achievement; and an eruption of anxiety, loneliness, depression and other mental-health afflictions among students isolated from their peers and stuck at home. Some districts have seen a rash of suicides. Education analysts warn that the long-term consequences — for disadvantaged kids, for racial equity, even for America’s global competitiveness — could be disastrous.

 

The bolded is why we need to get kids back in school as soon as humanly possible.  Rich or upper middle class kids have broad band, their own laptop and their parents hire tutors or go to private school.  Poorer kids don't have that are falling further behind.  We all believe in equity, right?  The current situation has no equity.  The gap between the haves and have nots is widening.

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We round out the week with another 3,700 more dead Americans up on Uncle Joe’s tote board! Well done Mr President. Good to know you’ve got that 400 page plan under your pillow. Now, if you can only get past the Table of Contents before your afternoon nap or your daily social justice sermon we’ll really be getting somewhere. 

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The face mask that could end the pandemic

 

N95 masks are considered the gold standard in personal protective equipment because they block 95% of large and small particles utilizing a unique electrostatic filter.

 

Some experts like Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School physician Dr. Abraar Karan have been advocating for public use of N95 masks from the start of the pandemic. In an interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Karan outlined why N95s are critical at this stage of the pandemic.

 

"If for four weeks the country essentially wore these masks in those risky settings like that indoors, what kind of difference do you think it would make?" Gupta asked.


"This would stop the epidemic," Karan responded.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/health/face-mask-n95-coronavirus-transmission/index.html


If only the CDC demanded the US build capacity to make these masks 24/7  at the start of the pandemic.

 

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1 hour ago, ALF said:

The face mask that could end the pandemic

 

N95 masks are considered the gold standard in personal protective equipment because they block 95% of large and small particles utilizing a unique electrostatic filter.

 

Some experts like Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School physician Dr. Abraar Karan have been advocating for public use of N95 masks from the start of the pandemic. In an interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Karan outlined why N95s are critical at this stage of the pandemic.

 

"If for four weeks the country essentially wore these masks in those risky settings like that indoors, what kind of difference do you think it would make?" Gupta asked.


"This would stop the epidemic," Karan responded.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/health/face-mask-n95-coronavirus-transmission/index.html


If only the CDC demanded the US build capacity to make these masks 24/7  at the start of the pandemic.

 

 

 

"Cloth masks don't block aerosols."

 

Thank you.  Thank you for confirming.  

 

Admitting what we all knew from day 1 they just couldn't tell you because running out of toilet paper would be the least of your concerns.  Remember libs.....Trump told Woodward it was airborne in January of 2020.  

 

So have the mask wearers in America are wasting their time and doing absolutely nothing.   

 

 

As to the N95 blocking "small particles."  Ok how does it handle the much smaller then small covid particles and what studies are there that shows the mask does better then me just not sneezing or shouting at people inside for an hour.  

 

 

Also, considering everything is one big gigantic f...ing lie, we should be full open.  You do you and stay home in the N95 and maybe put another one on just to be super safe.  

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4 hours ago, ALF said:

The face mask that could end the pandemic

 

N95 masks are considered the gold standard in personal protective equipment because they block 95% of large and small particles utilizing a unique electrostatic filter.

 

Some experts like Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School physician Dr. Abraar Karan have been advocating for public use of N95 masks from the start of the pandemic. In an interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Karan outlined why N95s are critical at this stage of the pandemic.

 

"If for four weeks the country essentially wore these masks in those risky settings like that indoors, what kind of difference do you think it would make?" Gupta asked.


"This would stop the epidemic," Karan responded.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/health/face-mask-n95-coronavirus-transmission/index.html


If only the CDC demanded the US build capacity to make these masks 24/7  at the start of the pandemic.

 

OF COURSE a “Karan” would say wearing an N95 would end the pandemic.

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5 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

 

 

"Cloth masks don't block aerosols."

 

Thank you.  Thank you for confirming.  

 

Admitting what we all knew from day 1 they just couldn't tell you because running out of toilet paper would be the least of your concerns.  Remember libs.....Trump told Woodward it was airborne in January of 2020.  

 

So have the mask wearers in America are wasting their time and doing absolutely nothing.   

 

 

As to the N95 blocking "small particles."  Ok how does it handle the much smaller then small covid particles and what studies are there that shows the mask does better then me just not sneezing or shouting at people inside for an hour.  

 

 

Also, considering everything is one big gigantic f...ing lie, we should be full open.  You do you and stay home in the N95 and maybe put another one on just to be super safe.  


We are fighting two pandemics - COVID-19 and willful ignorance/arrogance strolling down douchebag lane.

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4 minutes ago, ALF said:

Some teacher unions threaten to strike if have to teach in regular class or older teachers can retire and cause a shortage.

 

Vaccinate  teachers , staff , bus drivers as a priority . 

The elderly are, should be, and always have been the priority! 

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3 minutes ago, ALF said:

 

How would you get schools to reopen fulltime ?  

You tell our young teachers to get back to work! Just like everyone else in America’s been doing for almost an entire year now! You think that lady scanning your groceries isn’t coming into way more hourly contact with total strangers than a teacher? You bet she is! 

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20 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

You tell our young teachers to get back to work! Just like everyone else in America’s been doing for almost an entire year now! You think that lady scanning your groceries isn’t coming into way more hourly contact with total strangers than a teacher? You bet she is! 

 

Public school teachers have a union that can strike . Having healthy 65 and older getting the vaccine now is too soon .

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2 hours ago, ALF said:

 

Public school teachers have a union that can strike . Having healthy 65 and older getting the vaccine now is too soon .

So we’re NOT following the science? Wow! When did that change? Oh right...I forgot, the minute Uncle Joe won the election. Got it!

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2 hours ago, ALF said:

Some teacher unions threaten to strike if have to teach in regular class or older teachers can retire and cause a shortage.

 

Vaccinate  teachers , staff , bus drivers as a priority . 

 

 

They are getting vaccinated.  It doesn't matter.  

 

The Unions are still saying its not safe to go back.  Until.....??????????? 

 

I know I'm not getting jack ***t stuck in my arm until I hear the words "so we can get back to normal asap."  And I'm not the only one.  

 

Now the State (most of them) agree with the unions.  The ones run by the Ds (teachers) that put them in charge.  Why?  What grounds are they basing this on? 

 

They are telling all vaccinated basically "we have no clue what this is going to do."  So until you see "ZERO" under cases on your fake news channel of choice, that distanced/half capacity/virtual school life is permanent.  And since 50 million kids can't get it, and since no way are you vaccinating 150 million let alone 300 million, you will most definitely have cases....and deaths. 

 

Well into 2022 and beyond.  By that point, what does the self imposed destruction of their profession and the kids futures look like?  Going into YEAR THREE of Covid.  

 

At best all your public school kids are going to see for the next 3-5 years is half full schools and hybrid scheduling.  The public going to appreciate this when their 6th grader can learn just as well watching YouTube Videos as they could whatever the hell it is they do now.  

 

Who will want their rising Kindergartener, 1st grader, or 2nd grader to deal with this anymore.  "This" being put in a bubble twice a week or 4 days a week or whatever plague response protocol they've enacted.  

 

The Juniors and Seniors I'd say 1/2 or more are going to want full time virtual options instead.  No reason for them to ever be in a building.  Schools will happily oblige this bc less = more when you are worrying about discipline issues, transportation, etc.  

 

And if they want virtual options, why be handcuffed to District A when District B is better?  Or any virtual option?   

 

 

 

 

Nice work all around give yourselves a virtual elbow bump everyone!  Good job!

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1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said:

So we’re NOT following the science? Wow! When did that change? Oh right...I forgot, the minute Uncle Joe won the election. Got it!

 

Approximately 7.1 million New Yorkers are currently eligible to receive the vaccine

 

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today updated New Yorkers on the state's vaccination program. As of 11:00 AM today, New York's health care distribution sites have received 1,471,145 first doses and already administered 91 percent or 1,343,729 first dose vaccinations and 76 percent of first and second doses

 

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-state-vaccination-program-5

 

Supply does not meet the demand for those eligible 

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On 1/30/2021 at 10:57 AM, ALF said:

The face mask that could end the pandemic

 

N95 masks are considered the gold standard in personal protective equipment because they block 95% of large and small particles utilizing a unique electrostatic filter.

 

Some experts like Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School physician Dr. Abraar Karan have been advocating for public use of N95 masks from the start of the pandemic. In an interview with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Karan outlined why N95s are critical at this stage of the pandemic.

 

"If for four weeks the country essentially wore these masks in those risky settings like that indoors, what kind of difference do you think it would make?" Gupta asked.


"This would stop the epidemic," Karan responded.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/22/health/face-mask-n95-coronavirus-transmission/index.html


If only the CDC demanded the US build capacity to make these masks 24/7  at the start of the pandemic.

 

 

I saw this a few days ago.  I had some cuz I do wood working but I donated them in March. But I missed a couple.  Gonna start wearing it now when I go out.

 

I question that it would go away if implemented.  The big hang up is it requires everyone to do it. Any plan that relies on everyone doing anything is doomed to failure.  Especially in the times and country we live in.  Saying FU to authority is a an American tradition and usually seen as a good thing.  If even 20% of the population says no way, it will still spread and then after 4 weeks all the ones that did wear and stopped will be infected by those that don't.

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20 hours ago, ALF said:

 

Public school teachers have a union that can strike . Having healthy 65 and older getting the vaccine now is too soon .

 

Public school teachers rarely strike because it is illegal and they face stiff and harsh penalties for doing so. 

 

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16 minutes ago, snafu said:

 

Public school teachers rarely strike because it is illegal and they face stiff and harsh penalties for doing so. 

 

 

Can teachers legally strike?

Whether teachers are legally allowed to strike varies from state-to-state. But in most places, striking is illegal . ... Teacher strikes are legal in 12 states and not covered in statutes or case law in three. That said, teachers do strike in states where it's illegal.

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"Raising irrational hope...that we are weeks or even months away from this being over."

 

 

Yea um sorry.  There is something very planned I mean wrong here.  With all of this.  

 

https://rumble.com/vdh4pl-cnn-expert-says-pandemic-will-last-decades.html?mref=28fgf&mc=7lyr1

 

Who the heck can watch this channel for longer then 30 seconds.  

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, snafu said:

 

Public school teachers rarely strike because it is illegal and they face stiff and harsh penalties for doing so. 

 

 

Not in Chicago baby!!!

 

 

 

Chicago Mayor Bends Knee to Teacher Union, Allows Remote Learning After Threat of Strike

 

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed course on threats to lock Chicago teachers from accessing remote learning.

 

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed course on threats to lock Chicago Public School teachers out of remote learning.  The decision comes after teachers threatened to strike against the Mayor and school district, who both insist teachers return to classroom learning.

 

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Lightfoot announced that the city and school district will continue negotiations with the Chicago Teachers Union while remaining remote. Lightfoot called the decision to allow teachers to continue remote learning “a gesture of good faith.”

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-bends-knee-to-teacher-union

 

 

This country is so gone.  

 

This school year is effectively over.  Stop asking about it.  Start planning for your hybrid distanced worthless replaceable education for the fall because we're done here.  

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4 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Only 2,000 dead Americans yesterday from the Biden Virus. That federal mask wearing mandate in the post office has clearly bent the curve. Way to go Joe! You’ve got this thing licked. Where are we in your 400 page plan? 

 

Yep Trump left behind the ultimate disaster for others to deal with.

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5 hours ago, ALF said:

 

Yep Trump left behind the ultimate disaster for others to deal with.

So it was Trump's fault when Obama/Biden left nothing in the PPE cookie jar to combat a virus that nobody on the planet knew anything about....and now it's still Trump's fault when Biden/Harris came in totally unprepared to combat a virus that everyone on the planet knows about......sure, that sounds right.

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6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

So it was Trump's fault when Obama/Biden left nothing in the PPE cookie jar to combat a virus that nobody on the planet knew anything about....and now it's still Trump's fault when Biden/Harris came in totally unprepared to combat a virus that everyone on the planet knows about......sure, that sounds right.

 

LMAO - Obama left Trump a PLAYBOOK HOW TO HANDLE PANDEMICS.

 

And if Obama left the nothing in PPE cookie jar - why did he wait THREE YEARS TO REFILL IT?

 

And lastly? Trump destroyed our pandemic preparedness infrastructure and bragged about it.

 

Get out of here man.

 

 

 

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41 minutes ago, BillStime said:

 

LMAO - Obama left Trump a PLAYBOOK HOW TO HANDLE PANDEMICS.

 

And if Obama left the nothing in PPE cookie jar - why did he wait THREE YEARS TO REFILL IT?

 

And lastly? Trump destroyed our pandemic preparedness infrastructure and bragged about it.

 

Get out of here man.

 

 

 

You're sure you didn't mean it was all Bush's fault? Or doesn't that dog hunt anymore?  Your guy is in charge now...and has been for over three months now.  Time to get to work Joe!  Crack the seal on that 400 page plan, and release the Kraken! 

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3 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

You're sure you didn't mean it was all Bush's fault? Or doesn't that dog hunt anymore?  Your guy is in charge now...and has been for over three months now.  Time to get to work Joe!  Crack the seal on that 400 page plan, and release the Kraken! 

3 months... Your math isn't good. You cannot even tell the truth about time. Jan 20th-Feb 2

 

It's like the republicans are unable to tell the truth b.c they have been lied to for so long.

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7 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

You're sure you didn't mean it was all Bush's fault? Or doesn't that dog hunt anymore?  Your guy is in charge now...and has been for over three months now.  Time to get to work Joe!  Crack the seal on that 400 page plan, and release the Kraken! 

 

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