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In reply to the discussion: Covid numbers up a lot already at my campus [View all]Zeitghost
(3,796 posts)65. And yet schools have been open for weeks
And cases and deaths across the country have not gone up. Just as they have not gone up since the peak of the Omicron spike in mid-late January.
You keep predicting spikes and they never seem to materialize.
The pandemic is over. We now have endemic COVID to deal with and while it is a problem, it requires different strategies than those we were using to deal with a novel virus in early 2020. Lockdowns and remote learning for children is over, as they should be.
These are not the views of rabid, anti-vax conservatives crashing School Board meetings. They are the views shared by top Democratic Party leaders including President Biden. You might not share them, but that does not make them conservative views.
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No, we'll all be fine. We have TREATMENTS now that didn't exist in 2020 or most of 2021.
beaglelover
Sep 2022
#43
Not really a need to inject that question into this particular conversation
NewsCenter28
Sep 2022
#29
It peaked for 2 weeks at the opening of our semester, but then deminished quickly.
SYFROYH
Sep 2022
#36
Children must socialize. Keeping the schools closed for as long as we did was terrible for their
beaglelover
Sep 2022
#60