COVID-19: Chapter 5 - BACK TO SCHOOL

I mean is there some number that is “target SDI”?

Nun is deciding for himself what “target SDI” is for each state. If he has some mathematical formula for it I haven’t seen it yet.

Not that he is wrong in a big picture sense, the more we socially distance the less a virus can spread for obvious reasons.

Most people in the know figured that a second wave was inevitable. Might as well enjoy whatever time you have between them.

I just wonder how it will affect schools come September.

There isn’t going to be school here most places.

Yeah it’s looking that way.

I suspect that even if school does begin here that it won’t be long before schools start becoming the center of outbreaks.

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Got it.

No way this can be prevented, says only nation on earth where this is not being prevented.

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I notice that Albertsons, Publix, and Aldi are instituting chain-wide mask policies. Lots of smaller chains, too. The biggest holdout appears to be Ahold Delhaize, whose holdings include Giant, Food Lion, and Stop & Shop.

UFCW has been pushing for mask mandates, including a full page ad in the New York Times calling for them. I wonder how much of this industry-wide trend is due to union pressure (including fear that not requiring masks creates an opening for unionization drives to exploit).

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Prevented is different from contained. The former was pretty much impossible. The latter has already been done to varying degrees by numerous countries.

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https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1284568710410309632

Very good decision.

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If Canada isn’t safe, then what is?

They gonna play in Nunavut?

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Can’t have visiting teams crossing from the US to play bringing covid with them. Jays might play in Buffalo.

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Yeah its not that the Blue Jay’s dont want to play in Toronto because Toronto’s not safe. It’s the other way around.

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If its feasible to open schools, maybe the people who believe that should open a few. See how it goes. Instead, everybody’s supposed to jump in the pool at once? Tell these red state-red school districts especially in the south to go back a month early. If its going to be safe a month from now it should be safe now. And if not, then it should make decision making easier for everyone else come late August or September.

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Just a huge lol at anyone who says that Biden (or really any other mainstream politician from either party) won’t handle this better:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/18/white-house-testing-budget-cdc-coronavirus/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-310pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

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Except literally no one is saying that. The only argument is how much better it would be

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THANK GOD we have a competent government.

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Georgia hits a new record of nearly 4,700 cases. Well done Kemp!

Welp, guess we’ll have to make the best of the camps then.

No one wants to see that…just saying not to assume that a bunch of progressive, smart Americans will be given preferential treatment when the public face of America abroad has been so different for so long.