tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8632611085001129986..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: New Update From What Is No Longer The Trailing Edge of the PandemicPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-46048294131101867552020-11-12T15:57:31.133-05:002020-11-12T15:57:31.133-05:00One death is one too many. If it were a member of ...One death is one too many. If it were a member of your family, a dear friend, a close neighbor, a beloved colleague, it would hit home to most.<br />I honestly believe that part of the reason it45 did so poorly in AZ was due to the daughter of her otherwise healthy father, who went public with her heartbreaking story.<br /><br />We cannot say "only one death." It could be anyone you know, next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-904026756518179832020-11-12T12:17:13.503-05:002020-11-12T12:17:13.503-05:00There are only 23k citizens, total, in my (also ru...There are only 23k citizens, total, in my (also rural, also not the hub of anything) county. Back in May, we had 9 cases. There was a big uptick after July 4, with two superspreaders (both out of state college kids who got summer jobs in resorts here) yielding another 40 cases. Still--not so bad, and test-and-trace employees were doing a bang-up job. <br /><br />When schools resumed, three of the four districts in the county (and yes, that is too many districts for 23K people) were f2f, five days a week. The richest district started on-line, purchasing Verizon accounts and devices for every child, because our internet is COMPLETELY inadequate (getting cable internet costs upwards of $20,000 per household to install). In September, we were inching upwards, maybe 3 or 4 new cases per week. <br /><br />On October 2, the MI Supreme Court, in a case filed by our Republican legislature, cut the legs out from under the Governor's ability to set emergency policy. Since then, we've risen by 25 cases per week. We're now at 205, including schoolkids, and the other three public school districts have gone online (w/ that terrible internet) until January.<br /><br />There is no hospital in the county. And like your corner of PA, there are stores where I will no longer go. I worked an election where the Township Clerk and a large majority of voters were unmasked. <br /><br />Everyone has their little story to tell--a tiny piece of a greater mosaic of community spirit vs. heedlessness and greed. We will be analyzing this pandemic, and its impact on public education for decades, but I don't like what I'm seeing, right now.Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-521064330515232312020-11-05T16:43:51.197-05:002020-11-05T16:43:51.197-05:00FYI, isolation is for positive cases. Quarantines ...FYI, isolation is for positive cases. Quarantines are for people exposed to the virus and may be infected Mr. RCollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05288741291797400249noreply@blogger.com