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In reply to the discussion: What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later [View all]
Timeflyer
(3,778 posts)12. What about the deaths of educators pressured into working during a lethal viral pandemic?
Those are losses that will never be recovered.
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Question how many senior citizens and other aged infirmed people are still alive because kids weren't bringing home....
usaf-vet
Mar 2024
#78
It seems pretty obvious: the longer kids aren't learning in school or at home, they further they fall behind.
sop
Mar 2024
#6
"The shutdowns in America didn't work because there was never full compliance. Ever."
Hugin
Mar 2024
#17
Esactly. The shutdowns were a joke. We should have really shut down, completely for a few weeks and ended the spread.
lindysalsagal
Mar 2024
#20
This is the correct response to the article. Remote learning does not directly correlate with self-controlled isolation.
keopeli
Mar 2024
#40
I serve on a School Board. COVID had huge impacts on academic success and learning skills
brooklynite
Mar 2024
#11
What about the deaths of educators pressured into working during a lethal viral pandemic?
Timeflyer
Mar 2024
#12
Extremely little coverage of teacher losses. Tells you how much we don't value our teachers.
lindysalsagal
Mar 2024
#21
They should add to the charts the in-school students who got sick and the in-school students who died.
Liberal In Texas
Mar 2024
#13
A lot of these "public health and education experts" are people like Ron Desantis and Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
sop
Mar 2024
#18
These averages are misleading: There are always students who can just "do the math" with or without teachers
lindysalsagal
Mar 2024
#22
You have thick skin to not to be a little freaked by exponential viral spread with overcapacity emergency rooms. nt
Shermann
Mar 2024
#26
Public health measures in the pandemic tried to balance competing risks, each unknown.
hay rick
Mar 2024
#53
New Zealand had a high rate of spread as well as Singapore even with Draconian mitigation measures.
Yavin4
Mar 2024
#69
It seemed obvious and I advocated for just redoing the Covid two years and every educator said that would be wrong.
dutch777
Mar 2024
#52
Hmm - "experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid" isn't backed up with much
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2024
#58
And even if children were found to be less likely to become seriously ill, their parents and grandparents
Scrivener7
Mar 2024
#63
Turns out "if the transmissibility of subclinical infections is low" was a big "if"
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2024
#90
I'm glad we're learning from the mistakes made during COVID so we're much better prepared when the next
beaglelover
Mar 2024
#64
The educational establishment are the ones that consider themselves as the experts
MichMan
Mar 2024
#82