BREAKING: 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties are now reporting #COVID19 outbreaks in schools.

[kpete]

BREAKING: 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties are now reporting #COVID19 outbreaks in schools.

Confirmed Cases:
Students: 199
Teachers: 245

Quarantined (for 2 weeks):
Students: 2,035
Teachers: 589

And consider this: Dozens of schools just had their first day of class TODAY.

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[Sympthsical]

1. Who could have ever thought that . . .

Eh. I can't even finish the sentiment.

There's a certain irony in the idea that the people who teach against evolution are the ones who will die out first.

[triron]

2. It's a hoax. (sarcasm)

[magicarpet]

20. Yee - Haa,... kids don't get Covid,.. they are magically immune.

(Says Fatsolini.)

[Sherman A1]

3. Predictable

so very predictable.

[Stallion]

4. They Don't Teach Science in Mississippi Because of Be-Jeebus

[RKP5637]

5. Like DUH, how is this possible? Must be fake again. The Stable Genius told us otherwise. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

6. MS Has 491,000 K-12 Students

In a week, 0.4% are quarantined.
Ignoring potentially exponential growth, 1 in 25 students across the state could be in quarantine before the first quarter ends.
Given that idiot they put in the governor's office, I'm not sure it won't be worse.

[malaise]

7. If people are still willing to kill their children for King Con

who am I to stop them? I'm only sorry for those who are against this madness but still have to go to work

[BamaRefugee]

8. No one could have expected this!

[riversedge]

9. gawd. STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. I expect the same thing to happen in Alabama.

[Jamastiene]

15. Georgia too.

Georgia has already had a catastrophic school opening. All of the states with idiots for governors who want to "reopen" too fast and without a care in the world are going to see this kind of stuff, and those governors will be ok with it. They seem to be more like Trump and have no concern about their fellow human beings. Dead inside or sadistic? I don't know which.

[uponit7771]

29. +1

[Voltaire2]

11. nobody could have anticipated this.

[BigmanPigman]

12. I wouldn't go back in the classroom

for a king's ransom. I would whip out my contract and get a doctor's note for a leave of absence, paid or not. I did it before and wouldn't hesitate for a nanosecond to do it again now.

[Jamastiene]

13. Like I said, people who thought "spikes" this summer were bad, wait until the idiot states throw

all the kids back in school together. THEN, you will see the real spike in cases...and probably devastation.

[SheltieLover]

26. Absolutely!

[RANDYWILDMAN]

14. I can't rec this

They (top education officials knew better)

[blueinredohio]

16. Our school starts Wednesday. Thank goodness my daughter signed my

grandkids up for online learning for first semester anyway.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Fascist rule trumps science

Will American voters figure it out?

[Initech]

18. Could have seen that one coming!

[Crunchy Frog]

19. How could anyone have possibly predicted this?

In case it's needed.

[bronxiteforever]

21. A Catastrophe of the GOP's own making. N/t

[renate]

22. But... I was told that kids' powerful, strongly, beautiful immune systems protect them

... from either getting it or passing it on.

I just don't know who to trust any more. I'm going to take some oleander oil just in case. Or maybe a bleach injection? Like a cleansing.

[PhylliPretzel]

23. Simple choice:

Lose a year of school?
or
Lose a child?

[DBoon]

31. or cripple a child for life

scar tissue in the lungs will be a lifelong disability

[warmfeet]

24. Ugh!

I hope everyone is okay. I hope this country becomes sane in the near future.

I don't count on these two things, but I do hope.

[Beartracks]

25. Whaaat?! Trump said kids can't get it!! And he's never lied out his ass before! n/t

[SheltieLover]

27. Is putin happy yet?

[BlueIdaho]

28. When it comes to Trump and his fake experts

Reality makes liars of them all.

[crickets]

30. This is terrible -- all those kids and their teachers who didn't have to be exposed this way.

Also, low income kids will be home for lunch just in time for many of the food centers to close at September's end. Mississippians are getting so let down by their own government. The utter lack of sensible planning is so sad.

Mississippi to close 13 food centers for low-income mothers
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213923407

[spanone]

32. trump should be held accountable for any and all deaths of any school child

[MissB]

33. I do feel bad for all

Especially the teachers.

And the parents that need school so they can work? They’re screwed too.

Sigh.

Alll of this would be handled soooooo much better with an actual administration that cared about the country.