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In reply to the discussion: What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later [View all]sop
(18,731 posts)18. A lot of these "public health and education experts" are people like Ron Desantis and Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
These are the same fools who railed against Covid-19 vaccines, wearing masks and closing schools, offices and businesses during the Covid pandemic. Here in Florida Dr. Ladapo still opposes vaccinating children for entirely preventable diseases like measles, and tells parents school quarantines are not necessary during a measles outbreak.
"As the highly contagious disease (measles) raged in a Broward county elementary school, (Dr. Joseph) Ladapo, a politically appointed acolyte of Floridas far-right governor, Ron DeSantis, wrote to parents telling them it was perfectly fine for parents to continue to send in their unvaccinated children."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/03/florida-measles-outbreak-preventable
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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