Michael, I’m sorry you were impacted by Covid policy so much. Sorry if what I said sounded like an attack. Where I live the governor changed rules so that restaurants could do take out cocktails and I think it helped a lot with businesses staying open, though I’m sure they still had less business than before. And it was totally different all across the country.
I can’t disagree with most of your arguments, though I admit I have a different perspective. The one thing I would point out is that though kids didn’t get sick much (except with preexisting conditions like obesity) they, especially the older ones, were still able to transmit the virus to old sickly members of their family/community.
Where I live, they did a school survey and mostly it was rich whites that wanted to go back. Those who needed it least. I wish the efforts were focused on those who needed the help, not just those who were over it. The Asians almost entirely chose to stay virtual in 2021, and black families also supported staying home. I talked to a (black) nurse aid helping a neighbor, and she indicated support for staying virtual because it meant she didn’t have to worry about getting sick from her kids and thus not get paid. I don’t know how common that was, but I heard the concern about being sick = not being able to work A lot from people. My point is just some people who supported virtual school might not be obvious.
I am very disappointed that many of the problems in society that became stark haven’t been sufficiently been addressed. Hopefully, we will just get hoards of tutors and get kids back up to where they ought to be. Maybe get everyone some paid sick leave and some other social safety net kinds of things.
Michael, I’m sorry you were impacted by Covid policy so much. Sorry if what I said sounded like an attack. Where I live the governor changed rules so that restaurants could do take out cocktails and I think it helped a lot with businesses staying open, though I’m sure they still had less business than before. And it was totally different all across the country.
I can’t disagree with most of your arguments, though I admit I have a different perspective. The one thing I would point out is that though kids didn’t get sick much (except with preexisting conditions like obesity) they, especially the older ones, were still able to transmit the virus to old sickly members of their family/community.
Where I live, they did a school survey and mostly it was rich whites that wanted to go back. Those who needed it least. I wish the efforts were focused on those who needed the help, not just those who were over it. The Asians almost entirely chose to stay virtual in 2021, and black families also supported staying home. I talked to a (black) nurse aid helping a neighbor, and she indicated support for staying virtual because it meant she didn’t have to worry about getting sick from her kids and thus not get paid. I don’t know how common that was, but I heard the concern about being sick = not being able to work A lot from people. My point is just some people who supported virtual school might not be obvious.
I am very disappointed that many of the problems in society that became stark haven’t been sufficiently been addressed. Hopefully, we will just get hoards of tutors and get kids back up to where they ought to be. Maybe get everyone some paid sick leave and some other social safety net kinds of things.