This exactly. I want it to be one way, but it is definitely another.
Just a reminder for those of you saying āfuck Texans they get what they deserveā and the like, more Texans (5.25 million) voted for Biden than did New Yorkers. There is a huge number of decent people who will be hurt by the GOP idiocy, as is always the case.
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More vaccine for the rest of us.
No, especially since you actually work in a place surrounded by people
Welp, looks like our school district is returning to 100% in-person learning in 2 weeks:
Dear Parents,
The Dublin City Schools Board of Education passed a resolution at a special meeting this evening, returning the District to āfull-inā in person learning mode effective March 15 for students currently in hybrid. You can read the resolution at this link.
Remote Learning Academy students will stay in RLA for the remainder of the school year.
The return to full-in, in person learning coincides with two weeks passing since our staff received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and also provides two weeks before spring break to address any challenges that may arise.
Additionally, COVID-19 data is trending downward at the state and local levels. Throughout the pandemic, there has been little evidence that COVID-19 spread takes place in schools. The majority of cases we have seen in schools have originated from community spread outside of school.
The mitigation steps taken by students and staff have proven effective. According to many of the local physicians serving on our medical committees, wearing masks properly is the #1 mitigating factor to avoid the spread of COVID-19. Proper and faithful hand hygiene, social distancing to the best extent possible, building cleaning and contact tracing are also effective mitigators of spread. These mitigation steps will continue to be practiced.
We have posted Frequently Asked Questions on our website and you can read a statement prepared by some of the doctors serving on the Districtās data and metrics committee at this link.
Sincerely,
Dublin City Schools
In other words, āSince the actions weāve taken so far (particularly, the hybrid model with reduced attendance) have been effective, weāre going to radically change things.ā Cue Ginsburgās dissent from Shelby County: this is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.
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Real world outcomes in the USofIdiots
https://twitter.com/justinlessler/status/1366507008166363143?s=21
https://twitter.com/justinlessler/status/1366507014252290050?s=21
Especially like how they use mitigation factors vs spread to show that schools can be āsafeā but lolAmerica.
Iād quit if I was a Texas teacher tomorrow.
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At first blush, looks like solid work. I got a night shift tonight so Iāll look at it later in detail later.
I gave it a quick skim. Lots of details on data collection. Iāve got some work stuff I have to deep dive on so Iām going to pass diving into this.
Well fingers crossed Columbus city schools stays on top of it. We only just started hybrid in Feb for K-5. In our meeting before it started it seemed like they had a good grasp on what was important to do it as best as possible focusing on small stable groups, masks LDO, no mixing for specials (those still via Zoom on home days), good ventilation. Been pleasantly surprised at their competency to this point.
A few weeks ago I got a chance to be tested by participating in a study. I was curious because I had what I thought was flu last March (despite being vaccinated). And they gave me a $30 gift certificate. Anyway, 17 days later, I got my results today and was negative for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR and for antibodies by a COVID-19 serology test. So yay.
I donāt understand the people complaining about this take. Seems to me like a normal thing to think.
https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1366918063015268353
Because itās fucking stupid from a humanistic point of view (thereās lots of good people in Texas) and from a practical point of view (spread in Texas will harm the US in general)
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Daamn!
https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/1366907609933086721?s=19
https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1366861968498454529?s=19
Trump got his in January. Didnāt even bother to announce it. Jackass.
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Meh I think Keith is making a rhetorical point, not a literal one.
Iād be for the feds doing all the shots there and provide the state government nada.
Make everything is labeled āAOCāāor āObamHilaryBidenā vaccine.
No one is saying fuck Texans. Many of us are fed up with the covidiot politicians and people who continue to make this thing as bad as possible. They have spent the last year spreading propaganda that has literally killed hundreds of thousands.
To put a finer point on my previous comment I will shed zero tears if this group gets severe covid or dies. The world would be a better place without them.
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I have friends in Arlington who report that the parents are completely out of control, straight up abusive behavior towards school board members, administrators, teachers, etc.
Apparently teachers had the audacity to ask for 2 weeks between their own vaccination and the start of in person learning and the community erupted, complete with a local car dealer and former Ohio State / NFL football player melting down and ranting about teacher salaries on Facebook.
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Solid system he has set up
- Give really unremarkable estimate for future date
- Move that up to the actual date stating that your hard work made it happen earlier than you claim to have expected
Also didnāt he say heād get everyone vaccinated by the end of April?
Registered for COVID vaccine appointment.
Since they donāt tell you which places have which vaccines at registration, you basically have to guess and hope they have them. I made an extra effort by looking at the spreadsheets from the Ministry of Health to see where the most AstraZeneca vaccines are (the one Iām eligible for as a teacher).
Found the place but apparently theyāre booked for a while because I havenāt received an SMS notifying me of an appointment opportunity.
Our Daughter went to someoneās house in UA for a few hours of day care a couple times a week back in 2016. It was by FAR the area with the most Trump signās inside 270 back then.
In our CCS/Clintonville group people are more likely to be fighting FOR the teachers in the comments.
I guess this is the type of shit people that move away from the city for ābetterā schools are up to.
Edit: It does occur to me that there may be an Arlington OH ( I still know shit about anything non Columbus) and in Upper Arlington they are not like this, but it would be of little surprise if it was them.
Iām not saying Biden deserves credit for it, but the speed of vaccine development and rollout is basically the only bright side of the U.S. experience with COVID. Not too long ago, some posters here were worrying that it would take 10 years to get all of the U.S. vaccinated.