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In reply to the discussion: Chicago Public Schools students to return to classrooms Wednesday after CTU suspends work action [View all]Orrex
(63,203 posts)19. Frankly, zero.
And that number could have been achieved--at least close to it in school-originated cases--by a serious lockdown with actual mandates, instead of the catastrophically balkanized "do what thou wilt" policies that we've seen varying in every city, county, and state.
For that matter, deaths shouldn't even be the litmus test, nor should we compare such deaths to other historical causes of fatality. This is a new pandemic that a failed president did nothing to rein in, while a good president's efforts are being hobbled by agenda-driven KKKonservative judges.
And on top of that, the endless cries of "we must reopen the schools because of reasons" has drowned out any real expectation of safe practice.
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Chicago Public Schools students to return to classrooms Wednesday after CTU suspends work action [View all]
greenjar_01
Jan 2022
OP
Hard for kids and parents, but my heart goes out to public school teachers everywhere..
mia
Jan 2022
#5
When I hear things I this, I remember this sign at a School Board Meeting
AZLD4Candidate
Jan 2022
#9
Thank you. It was a good reminder of my Chicago time. Parents mean well, but they must learn
ancianita
Jan 2022
#39
Somewhere, somebody has crunched the numbers and determined that X dead kids is acceptable
Orrex
Jan 2022
#11