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

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Kid is 5 and a summer birthday, he can RS them.
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If there is no football this year most D1 schools could have something like 50 incoming Frosh next year with the classes of 2020 and 2021 combined.

Same could be true in public schools if everybody redshirts their kids. This could create a baby-boomer-like bubble that will take 12 years to pass through our school system, all the while overburdening classrooms and teachers.
 
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Oh8ch said:
If there is no football this year most D1 schools could have something like 50 incoming Frosh next year with the classes of 2020 and 2021 combined.

Same could be true in public schools if everybody redshirts their kids. This could create a baby-boomer-like bubble that will take 12 years to pass through our school system, all the while overburdening classrooms and teachers.
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Interesting thought, but the concern I hear the most involves lack of child care if we go remote. However, boys would really benefit from this.
 
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Oh8ch said:
If there is no football this year most D1 schools could have something like 50 incoming Frosh next year with the classes of 2020 and 2021 combined.

Same could be true in public schools if everybody redshirts their kids. This could create a baby-boomer-like bubble that will take 12 years to pass through our school system, all the while overburdening classrooms and teachers.
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Oh8ch said:
If there is no football this year most D1 schools could have something like 50 incoming Frosh next year with the classes of 2020 and 2021 combined.

Same could be true in public schools if everybody redshirts their kids. This could create a baby-boomer-like bubble that will take 12 years to pass through our school system, all the while overburdening classrooms and teachers.
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My kids elementary they were moving kids and teachers based in need all the time. For whatever reason her class and the one ahead of her had two classes, all the rest 3. (Kindergarten was a little more complicated with the half and full day) - so she had the same teacher for K and 2... And almost for 3 and 5 but they left her in 3 at the last minute)
 
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DaddyBigBucks said:
On a personal level, I'd say go ahead and enroll the kids, but don't tell them you've done so. Then if things look bad on Day 1, just don't send them. I've been homeschooling my son while working a full-time job for the last 5 years; this year will be the 6th. On line curricula make it incredibly easy these days. This is obviously going to be easier for older kids, but do what you gotta do.
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It seems to me that if things look bad on Day 1 for a particular area or state, the school districts will not open (whether by its own choice, or by state mandate) and things will be taken virtual to begin the year.

That being stated, my family is also struggling with the decision for our little ones - our district is giving us the option to go in person full time or to do virtual. I really, really want them to be around teachers and other kids and friends their ages. But I want them, us, and everyone to get through this pandemic safely, and therefore it is not an easy call.
 
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JohnnyCockfight said:
It seems to me that if things look bad on Day 1 for a particular area or state, the school districts will not open (whether by its own choice, or by state mandate) and things will be taken virtual to begin the year.

That being stated, my family is also struggling with the decision for our little ones - our district is giving us the option to go in person full time or to do virtual. I really, really want them to be around teachers and other kids and friends their ages. But I want them, us, and everyone to get through this pandemic safely, and therefore it is not an easy call.
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They will not be allowed to be “kids” because of social distancing.

It’s sad all the way around and totally feel for you buddy.
 
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JohnnyCockfight said:
It seems to me that if things look bad on Day 1 for a particular area or state, the school districts will not open (whether by its own choice, or by state mandate) and things will be taken virtual to begin the year.

That being stated, my family is also struggling with the decision for our little ones - our district is giving us the option to go in person full time or to do virtual. I really, really want them to be around teachers and other kids and friends their ages. But I want them, us, and everyone to get through this pandemic safely, and therefore it is not an easy call.
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I’m in the same place
 
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More interesting news from vumedi.com. A lot of this is just confirmation of what we've already known, but it's still worthwhile IMHO.

Monica Gandhi of the UCSF compiled the results of numerous studies to report the following:
  1. Viral dosing greatly affects how sick people get from SARS-CoV-2
  2. This means that the more virus present in your original exposure, the sicker you get
  3. N-95 masks reduce viral dosing by 90-95%. Cloth masks reduce viral dosing by 65% or more. Both are effective in reducing severity of disease.
  4. Masks with valves are worthless. Wear them to avoid smoke inhalation, not for virus protection.
  5. Masks don't prevent infection entirely, but they reduce severity dramatically.
  6. Studies done on relatively closed environments, some of which masked and some of which did not, showed points 3-5 to be at least very highly probable.
  7. These studies, performed on cruise ships and on packing-plant employees, showed that the rate of asymptomatic infection goes from 40-45% with control groups to 80-90% with masked groups. Effectively twice as many of those infected are completely asymptomatic when everyone is masked.
  8. Studies that compared Asian countries that have become accustomed to masking since the original SARS and the Czech Republic which mandated masking on March 23rd with countries that did not mask early (Italy and Spain) showed the same things.
  9. Asymptomatic people do show high rates of "shedding" from their nose and mouth. In other words, even if you're not coughing and sneezing, you might be a virus fountain, so mask up.
  10. Masks protect both the wearer and others in the environment.
  11. Because of higher rates of asymptomatic infections and mild-symptom infections, it is entirely possible that more people will lose their immunity sooner and that we will thus be masking when in public for many years to come.
All of the above are based on scientific studies, so the most unscientific thing in the world to say is that all of the above are "proven". It is more accurate to say that they are shown to be "probable" to varying degrees. For example, the data suggest that points 1-5 and 7 have probabilities ranging from 90-95%. Point 9 (shedding from the asymptomatic) appears to be a fact. Point 11 is the outlier here, as it is based on a good deal of conjecture and appears to be more likely than not, but couching it in terms more certain than that would be dishonest.
 
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The increasing use of masks would then also explain the pretty sharp drop in the mortality and hospitalization rate for this stupid virus since it's onset.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
The increasing use of masks would then also explain the pretty sharp drop in the mortality and hospitalization rate for this stupid virus since it's onset.
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Not according to the statistics I've seen. This second wave is affecting a much younger age group (summer vacation) which is significantly driving down the mortality rate.
 
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