UN Officials Cite Study That Finds Lockdowns, School Closures KILLING More Children Than COVID

[Tsing Tao]

The New England Medical Journal...

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2024920?query=TOC

Until these children physically return to school full time, many will lose out on essential educational, social, and developmental benefits; neither the economy nor the health care system will be able to return to full strength given parents’ caretaking responsibilities4; and profound racial and socioeconomic injustices will be further exacerbated.5 We believe that safely reopening schools full-time for all elementary school children should therefore be a top national priority.​

 

[Tsing Tao]

Also the study's main focus?

80% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia—and more than 10 000 additional child deaths per month during this same period.

So yeah..FOX news is going to use this study to say U.S. schools in every district and county regardless of local COVID stats should stay open.

Let the state's decide based on their situation. Vermont, Virginia, Texas and North Dakota are not one size fits all.

Ok, you don't like the original study from the UN. How about the CDC? The New England Journal of Medicine? American Association of Child Psychologists? I've got a lot of them if you don't like those. Maybe I'll have one you like?

 

[El OchoCinco]

I didn't say it said end lockdowns or bars and restaurants....are you talking to me?

The author of the article says the lockdown and school closures are killing kids and lockdowns should end. He cites a study that does not say that directly and is really focused on 3rd world countries already suffering from major malnutrition issues,

 

[El OchoCinco]

Ok, you don't like the original study from the UN. How about the CDC? The New England Journal of Medicine? American Association of Child Psychologists? I've got a lot of them if you don't like those. Maybe I'll have one you like?

I don't have to like any study......science is not about what you like it is about facts and data.

If you are only reading studies you like then you are going into it with bias.

If an article cites a study and misstates it I call bullshit.

That is all I did.

 

[gwb-trading]

How about giving the Parents the choice whether to have their kids attend school or be schooled virtually. This should especially appeal to conservatives who are all about "school choice".

Wake County in North Carolina is giving parents the choice to have their children attend virtual school remotely or to attend school with social distancing, etc. Over 50% of the parents have selected virtual school for their children for the fall semester. The sign-up period ended yesterday.

This system allow parents to select remote schooling if their kids have pre-existing conditions, have siblings/family members with pre-existing conditions or simply find that virtual schooling fits their current lifestyle & COVID safety concerns. Similarly parents who want to work or want their children to have direct learning & socialization can send their children to school where safety measures are being taken.

This system also give teachers a choice if they want to teach virtually or want to teach in a classroom. Teachers with no pre-existing conditions are apt to want to teach in the school.

 

[El OchoCinco]

The New England Medical Journal...

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2024920?query=TOC

Until these children physically return to school full time, many will lose out on essential educational, social, and developmental benefits; neither the economy nor the health care system will be able to return to full strength given parents’ caretaking responsibilities4; and profound racial and socioeconomic injustices will be further exacerbated.5 We believe that safely reopening schools full-time for all elementary school children should therefore be a top national priority.​

Everyone wants the schools to be open, virtual learning is not the same at all. Every district and school board is working on this with the teachers and parents.

You know many school districts did polls of parents and teachers and there was no unanimous decision to go live with no safety measures in place.

What the NEMJ said is basically safely opening schools should be a top priority.

It is....

Sky is also blue..

grass is also green.

No shit.

 

[El OchoCinco]

How about giving the Parents the choice whether to have their kids attend school or be schooled virtually. This should especially appeal to conservatives who are all about "school choice".

Wake County in North Carolina is giving parents the choice to have their children attend virtual school remotely or to attend school with social distancing, etc. Over 50% of the parents have selected virtual school for their children for the fall semester. The sign-up period ended yesterday.

This system allow parents to select remote schooling if their kids have pre-existing conditions, have siblings/family members with pre-existing conditions or simply find that virtual schooling fits their current lifestyle & COVID safety concerns. Similarly parents who want to work or want their children to have direct learning & socialization can send their children to school where safety measures are being taken.

This system also give teachers a choice if they want to teach virtually or want to teach in a classroom. Teachers with no pre-existing conditions are apt to want to teach in the school.

In my county which has about 150,000 students the polling for virtual versus hybrid was 50 - 50 voting from families. Teachers were 70% in favor of virtual because they said the district did not outline the plans for safely returning to school in 4 weeks with respect to masks, social distancing and cleaning. Hard to do with a school built for 1900 kids housing 2100 kids.

 

[gwb-trading]

In my county which has about 150,000 students the polling for virtual versus hybrid was 50 - 50 voting from families. Teachers were 70% in favor of virtual because they said the district did not outline the plans for safely returning to school in 4 weeks with respect to masks, social distancing and cleaning. Hard to do with a school built for 1900 kids housing 2100 kids.

Let me ask where you are located?

Wake County has about 160,000 students. The results from parents of students was 50/50 at the last update.

They provided teachers with a survey asking them about 4 options for how they would like to teach this fall. Each teacher had to rank them 1 to 4. The options went from all virtual to all in-classroom... with the middle two options being a type of mix. There are no public results from this yet.

The key advantage of having 50% of the kids go virtual is that the remaining 50% can attend school while socially distancing. Despite our schools being crowded they just halved the population. For some schools this might eliminate any need to rotate kids by week being in-class and virtual. But final announcements still need to be determined and made. Nothing is finalized yet.

 

[Tsing Tao]

The author of the article says the lockdown and school closures are killing kids and lockdowns should end. He cites a study that does not say that directly and is really focused on 3rd world countries already suffering from major malnutrition issues,

Pay attention to the study, not the editorial. That's the point.

 

[Tsing Tao]

How about giving the Parents the choice whether to have their kids attend school or be schooled virtually. This should especially appeal to conservatives who are all about "school choice".

Wake County in North Carolina is giving parents the choice to have their children attend virtual school remotely or to attend school with social distancing, etc. Over 50% of the parents have selected virtual school for their children for the fall semester. The sign-up period ended yesterday.

This system allow parents to select remote schooling if their kids have pre-existing conditions, have siblings/family members with pre-existing conditions or simply find that virtual schooling fits their current lifestyle & COVID safety concerns. Similarly parents who want to work or want their children to have direct learning & socialization can send their children to school where safety measures are being taken.

This system also give teachers a choice if they want to teach virtually or want to teach in a classroom. Teachers with no pre-existing conditions are apt to want to teach in the school.

Tampa is doing just that. Giving the option. But now the teacher's union is suing the state because they don't want to go back to school. 75% of the parents in our district opted for in person learning. They want their kids to go back. The three private schools in the area are opening back up on time.

The day cares that have been operating since day one of the crisis continue to operate. Never a peep from them.

Give us the money and let us choose where to send our kids. I am ALL FOR THAT. Of course, the unions would never accept that because they know what would happen to them.