Just received an announcement that our school system will be ending its hybrid model and going back to all-virtual only.
Why? Cause they got scared.
This is because Oakland County was now declared "Red" under the new protocol with an positive Covid test rate of 25 per 100,000 people. Yep a 0.025 percent infection rate, complete and with this rate achieved with some rather dubious tests and some bad incentives has been considered high enough to close live schools yet again.
Never mind that not a single school-aged child has died of Covid-19 in Oakland County to date. We must shut it all down for this non-event.
While there are a few immune-compromised teachers (including an absolutely fantastic one in teaching one of my kids right now) - the problem is already solved and she is already appropriately protected with her teaching remotely from the safety of her home even to the live class. This can be done and should be done without closing schools and applying a little common sense to a problem that is not going away.
Let's see how much harm this panicked overreaction will cause. There will now be further disruption - parents of younger children who just were able to start going to work again will now be unable to go to work but will have to remain home with their kids and this is going to have some bad economic and social consequences as kids won't be able to see each other or socialize normally.
Not to mention that there have not been massive outbreaks in schools recently and no real cause for this shutdown.
Apparently Biden just hasn't won fast enough for Whitmer and co to end lockdowns.
The only upside? High School will now start at a civilized 9 am rather than 7:30 am thus letting the kids sleep in and more closely match their teenage circadian rhythms.
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