Comments on: Pandemic Pods In Place Of Standard Schools?

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:07:21 +0000

I cannot believe they are putting these kids life at risk like this. The virus is getting worse not better. I just read a school in Georgia told students if they do not come back to school they will get expelled. Basically they are walking these kids into death. If a parent can afford to put together a pod that is going to be the safest way for their kids to keep learning. Too bad the Education secretary is not trying to promote this.

By: Wil

Wil — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:49:01 +0000

Seattle Times:

The kids will be fine. That’s what many elected leaders and some school officials are telling us. Sure, they acknowledge, teachers and staff members in schools across the nation will have to accept some degree of risk when schools reopen for in-person learning. But kids only very rarely get sick from COVID-19, they say, and so it’s in the best interest of the children to get them back into the classroom. Yet we have absolutely no idea what the long-term consequences of COVID-19 will be for children who become infected. This should give us pause.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:51:23 +0000

A junior high school in Greenfield, Indiana reopened its doors to students last Thursday. However, after learning that an active student was COVID-19 positive, the school was forced to close its doors again only a day later. The same happened involving a Georgia 2nd grader. Is there anyone who didn’t see this one coming? [….]

Nope. Except for Trump sycophants and enablers. And I believe most of them saw this coming too. They just didn’t/don’t give a d*mn because for them, it’s about blind loyalty to Trump even if people (in this case, school staff and kids) get sick and die. But I digress.

I like the the idea of creating Pandemic Pods (w/teachers providing virtual teaching). It allows kids to stay home and continue receiving their formal education at minimal risk to their lives as well as to the lives of their teachers and their family members. Which also brings me to this – testing for COVID.

Though a Pandemic Pod clearly offers a safer way to conduct schooling these days, I think every effort must be made to take the temperature of each child (and their parent(s) at least once every day to prevent a potential breakout from happening within the pod. The sooner a possible case is identified and appropriately dealt with the better.