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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/opinion/covid-school-closures-children.html?smid=tw-share

A piece from the NYT that lambasts the continued closure of schools.

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The San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank this month estimated that educational disruptions during this pandemic may increase the number of high school dropouts over 10 years by 3.8 percent, while also reducing the number of college-educated workers in the labor force. This will shrink the incomes of Americans for 70 years, until the last of today’s students leave the work force, the bank said.
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“We have to acknowledge that there is a large percentage of kids that have ‘disappeared’ — students who have never logged in, or logged in and never fully engaged,” said Melissa Connelly, chief executive of OneGoal, a nonprofit that does outstanding work with low-income high school students.

As of Jan. 29, almost 10 percent fewer high school seniors had submitted FAFSA financial aid forms, a sign that some are losing the chance to attend college.
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My kids preschool and kindergarten remained open since August (masked up) with no closures and no infections.
It is the greatest gift I have received in the past 12 months.
 
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OHSportsFan said:
2.2M vaccinated yesterday. That’s a huge number and reason for hope.
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Just got shot #2 - Moderna - and the disclaimer is that no one is certain how long the innoculation effects will last. Nurse at my station told me that Pfizer (?) has a 'booster' that can/will be given out in a year. I read that these Covid 'offshoots' can/will be covered by another shot. Point is, no one is certain how long, or will it in fact prevent Covid. It does, however, say that the shots will moderate the disease if contracted. Hopefully it keeps people off the ventelators, which seem to be the 'kiss of death' to people. Oh yeah, the data paper given out, says to keep 6' away, wear a mask, and no unnecessary travel.
 
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calibuck said:
Yeah, it does 27.....it says live your life at your own risk. Naw, it just says more of the same.....masks, 6', and stay out of titty bars.....sorry.
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My wife and I have membership at a swim club that’s open from memorial day to Labor Day all summer long here in Cincinnati.

my kids absolutely adore it and they missed it last year because it was closed. As of now they plan to reopen it and we are thinking strongly about whether or not we should re-up for the year?

I’m hoping by May I will at least have gotten the shot and it should be fine.
 
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BigWoof31 said:
My wife and I have membership at a swim club that’s open from memorial day to Labor Day all summer long here in Cincinnati.

my kids absolutely adore it and they missed it last year because it was closed. As of now they plan to reopen it and we are thinking strongly about whether or not we should re-up for the year?

I’m hoping by May I will at least have gotten the shot and it should be fine.
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I have heard very very little about vaccination of children (yea or nay). I am figuring my wife and I, our parents, etc will all be stuck by late spring...but I’m not sure what that will mean for the little guy, or what kind of risks being out will be after most adults are presumably vaccinated. So I’m perplexed as to what to do as well
 
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