It's sad. Americans worked their asses off to win WWII, which made the country "exceptional". (I don't disagree.) That work ethic is gone. Now, throwing on a mask, keeping your distance, until a vaccine is developed, is just too hard.
Re-opening Schools in the era of COVID
- Thread starter gwb-trading
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Do you have a listing of all states where schools are reopening (should be all states, but maybe there is one where it isn't) and the R0 levels? Because Florida is currently below 1 and trending lower.
super excited for that first day back at school
There is not a single state in the U.S. below an 0.8 effective reproduction rate. As of August 4th the state with the lowest COVID R is Vermont with 0.86
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119412/covid-19-transmission-rate-us-by-state/
A state-by-state lit of school re-openings (updated July 10th)
https://www.today.com/parents/when-will-school-open-here-s-state-state-list-t179718
A second source on school re-openings
https://ballotpedia.org/School_reop...ear_after_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic
Facebook, Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-trump-idUSKCN25136Y
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are “almost immune” to COVID-19.
“This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19, which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation,” a Facebook spokesman said.
A tweet containing the video that was posted by the Trump campaign’s @TeamTrump account and shared by the president was also later hidden by Twitter Inc TWTR.R for breaking its COVID-19 misinformation rules.
A Twitter spokesman said the @TeamTrump account owner would be required to remove the tweet before they could tweet again.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that while adults make up most of the known COVID-19 cases to date, some children and infants have been sick with the disease and they can also transmit it to others.
The White House and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment. During a briefing at the White House, Trump repeated his claim that the virus had little impact on children.
“Children handle it very well,” he told reporters. “If you look at the numbers, in terms of mortality, fatalities ... for children under a certain age ... their immune systems are very very strong and very powerful. They seem to be able to handle it very well and that’s according to every statistical claim.”
It was the first time Facebook had removed a Trump post for coronavirus misinformation, the company’s spokesman said.
It also appeared to be the first reported instance of the social media company taking down a post from the president for breaching its misinformation rules.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-trump-idUSKCN25136Y
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Wednesday took down a post by U.S. President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are “almost immune” to COVID-19.
“This video includes false claims that a group of people is immune from COVID-19, which is a violation of our policies around harmful COVID misinformation,” a Facebook spokesman said.
A tweet containing the video that was posted by the Trump campaign’s @TeamTrump account and shared by the president was also later hidden by Twitter Inc TWTR.R for breaking its COVID-19 misinformation rules.
A Twitter spokesman said the @TeamTrump account owner would be required to remove the tweet before they could tweet again.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that while adults make up most of the known COVID-19 cases to date, some children and infants have been sick with the disease and they can also transmit it to others.
The White House and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment. During a briefing at the White House, Trump repeated his claim that the virus had little impact on children.
“Children handle it very well,” he told reporters. “If you look at the numbers, in terms of mortality, fatalities ... for children under a certain age ... their immune systems are very very strong and very powerful. They seem to be able to handle it very well and that’s according to every statistical claim.”
It was the first time Facebook had removed a Trump post for coronavirus misinformation, the company’s spokesman said.
It also appeared to be the first reported instance of the social media company taking down a post from the president for breaching its misinformation rules.
Students at school touted by Pence for reopening must quarantine due to COVID-19
Vice President Mike Pence said the school was 'in the forefront' for reopening.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/stude...pening-quarantine-due-covid/story?id=72187266
Vice President Mike Pence said the school was 'in the forefront' for reopening.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/stude...pening-quarantine-due-covid/story?id=72187266