Guess the next hotspots are identified.O Really wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:42 amArticle here about that pic and the Paulson GA school where it was, as well as similar related content.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... demic.html
The inmates are truly running the asylum.
I think Barron's school will announce its plans next week. My childhood Montgomery County, MD had ordered private schools to wait unto Oct at least, but Gov Hogan (R) overrode that order saying it was beyond a county's authority.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:44 amBut not Barron's school
Or any other rich kid's private school
Little Barr Barr is staying in his hidey hole.Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:03 amThat GA school is indeed "Cra Cra." I can almost see the impetus to open, but doing so without strict mask and distance measures is criminal.I think Barron's school will announce its plans next week. My childhood Montgomery County, MD had ordered private schools to wait unto Oct at least, but Gov Hogan (R) overrode that order saying it was beyond a county's authority.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:44 amBut not Barron's school
Or any other rich kid's private school
Thanks.GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:14 amLittle Barr Barr is staying in his hidey hole.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics ... index.html
I'd pay money to see Melania's reaction if the little prince were forced to go back.
"This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules."
Summary:Most of the coronavirus tests the U.S. does are worthless. But there's a solution that could actually work — and stop the spread.
To stop its raging coronavirus outbreak, which is currently spreading at a rate of about 60,000 new cases per day, the United States can do one of two things.
Either it can lock everybody down completely — or it can test everybody constantly.
The lockdown approach works because if infected people can’t get close to noninfected people, the chain of transmission is broken, even if we don’t know who is actually infected.
The testing approach works because it lets us identify infected people and isolate them from noninfected people without forcing everybody else to stay home.
The problem with lockdowns, however, is that after enduring a big national one this spring — and suffering the economic fallout with little to show for it — Americans have zero appetite for even targeted, localized sequels.
That leaves testing....
Thanks! Added to How to know and avoid Corona Virus risks for easy long term access.O Really wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:00 pmTotally cool tool here. Gives you the chances of encountering somebody with covid in every county of the US, assuming attendance at an event of 10, 25, or 100 people.
https://covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu/
I think it's a great starting point, but it can also be adapted further for specific circumstances if other data/info is available. F'rinstance, using the bias of 10, San Diego County has a 38% chance in a group of 25. But if you look at the county data, that breaks it down into towns, you find that the cases is much higher in the southern part of the county (Chula Vista and east, etc.) than in north county. So you can safely guess that the 38% county-wide would likely be less in north county. Washington, on the other hand, does not break counties down into towns, so you have to go with the overall number.
With a high “Ascertainment Bias”, 10, and a gathering of "only" 100,000 the risk level is 99%. O Really wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:51 pmPaulding GA school system that already stepped on its own dick now invites all the internet to step on its dick.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/la ... way-photos
Suspension Lifted of Georgia Student Who Posted Photos of Crowded Hall
... A 15-year-old student at North Paulding, Hannah Watters, was suspended for five days for posting images of the crowded hallways on Twitter, according to her mother, Lynne Watters, who said she filed a grievance with the school on Thursday morning.
“I expressed my concerns and disagreement with that punishment,” Ms. Watters said in a text message Thursday.
On Friday morning, Hannah tweeted that the school had called and “deleted” her suspension. She will be able to return to school on Monday, she said. “To everyone supporting me, I can’t thank you enough,” she wrote.
John Lewis is still inspiring people. Fwiw:The high school and school district did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In an interview with CNN, Hannah said she decided to post the images because she was worried about the safety of everyone in the school building when she saw that guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were not being followed.
Although she agreed that she had breached the school’s policy, which prohibits filming students and posting their images to social media, she told CNN that she didn’t regret her actions.
“I’d like to say this is some good and necessary trouble,” Hannah said, invoking the famous phrase of Representative John Lewis, the civil rights leader who was laid to rest in Atlanta last week. “My biggest concern is not only about me being safe, it’s about everyone being safe, because behind every teacher, student and staff member there is a family, there are friends, and I would just want to keep everyone safe.”
Of course there is, no different from a dress code.The superintendent of the Paulding County School District, Brian Otott, defended his system’s reopening plan, saying in a letter to the community after the hallway photos circulated that the scenes were taken out of context. Students only remained in the hallways briefly while switching classes, he wrote, and the school was following recommendations issued by the Georgia Department of Education.
But he acknowledged, “There is no question that the photo does not look good.”
Masks are not required at the school, Mr. Otott said, though the administration strongly encourages them for students and staff members.
“Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them,” he wrote, adding that more than 2,000 students attend the high school.
Duh. IF schools are to open, then those in charge MUST make them as safe as possible. Period.... The district’s guidelines say staff members will do their best to require students to maintain social distancing, but note that it would “not be possible to enforce social distancing in classrooms or on school buses unless it is a class or a bus with fewer students.”
School needs this, enforced:
Somebody else noticed, too...O Really wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:10 pm"Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."
Says the administrator of Paulding high school that probably sends students home or writes them up every effin' day for some petty "dress code" violation.
Apparently, Otott hasn't read his own school district's handbook, because they seemingly have no problem enforcing a dress mandate when it comes specifically to their female students. In the 54-page document obtained by Mother Jones, an entire page (p. 11) is dedicated to what articles of clothing students can and can't put on their bodies – most of which, is directed at female students.
The dress code is absurdly specific, stating that shorts "must be appropriate (5" from the top of kneecap as measured by a ruler or the width of a 3 x 5 index card)" and that "shoulders must be covered, and arm holes must be tight fitting." It also bans "pajamas, bedroom shoes, or other sleepwear," as well as "caps, hats, hoods, bandanas, wave caps, sweatbands, sunglasses, or any other head covering," – oh, and "cheerleaders must wear warm-ups under cheerleading uniforms except during games and pep rallies."
Apparently, the school is incapable of telling students to wear a simple trip of fabric on their face – something that can be seen at a millisecond glance – but when it comes to teen girls in shorts, WATCH OUT people, because they've got a 3x5 index card and they're not afraid to measure you with it.
Mother Jones also uncovered that one of the middle schools in the district has not one, but THREE pages about leggings in their 24-page dress code PowerPoint. LEGGINGS. An article of clothing that, to my knowledge, has never killed anyone before, unlike COVID-19.
Opps, I missed that you beat me to it.O Really wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:10 pm"Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them."
Says the administrator of Paulding high school that probably sends students home or writes them up every effin' day for some petty "dress code" violation.
I guess they had one, but I don't remember a dress code being an issue in my HS. But I'm pretty sure there would have been no howling raging protest against wearing masks for a pandemic. Hell, it hadn't been that many years since they had us hiding under desks for "nuclear bomb drills" and standing outside in the snow for fire drills. Anybody who would be willing to freeze their ass off or hide under desks for pretend "emergencies" would surely be willing to wear a mask for a real one.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 2:50 pmWe used to smoke pot in high school between classes back in the early 70's and as far as I know, no one ever got caught doing so. And they'd never dare to come out with a dress code. Hell, we never knew who might be sick since we all coughed after hitting that old shitty Mexican pot.