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Jacques Strap
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As of Aug. 3 TMC's Phase 1 (non-pandemic configurations) is at 99%. TMC is no longer in Phase 2 for ICU.

July 4 Total 1,308 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 5 Total 1,307 | COVID 589 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 6 Total 1,362 | COVID 600 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.0%
July 7 Total 1,364 | COVID 615 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.7%
July 8 Total 1,394 | COVID 626 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.3%
July 9 Total 1,394 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.2%
July 10 Total 1,420 | COVID 651 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.0%
July 11 Total 1,368 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.3%
July 12 Total 1,365 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.0%
July 13 Total 1,352 | COVID 674 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.9%
July 14 Total 1.359 | COVID 676 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.5%
July 15 Total 1.400 | COVID 678 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.3%
July 16 Total 1.400 | COVID 689 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 18 Total 1.345 | COVID 667 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.8%
July 19 Total 1.361 | COVID 664 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 20 Total 1.347 | COVID 686 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 21 Total 1.386 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.3%
July 22 Total 1.431 | COVID 716 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.6%
July 23 Total 1.456 | COVID 714 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.4%
July 24 Total 1.422 | COVID 681 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 25 Total 1.416 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 26 Total 1.408 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.5%
July 27 Total 1,373 | COVID 677 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.8%
July 28 Total 1,387 | COVID 650 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 29 Total 1,426 | COVID 625 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.4% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 30 Total 1,435 | COVID 639 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.5%
July 31 Total 1,388 | COVID 632 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.9%
AUG. 1 Total 1,330 | COVID 617 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -5.0%
AUG. 2 Total 1,324 | COVID 569| 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.0% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.8%
AUG. 3 Total 1,315 | COVID 568| 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits 0.1%

https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/

Houston Methodist "COVID-19 Cases by Day". Click scroll to 2nd chart.
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/-/media/pdf/for-patients/Coronavirus/covid-19-stats.ashx

Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
-- 08 03 2020 --
NJ 178
NY 168
FL 33
CA 24
TX 24

Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, United States
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?time=2020-01-25..&country=~USA

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/








Oldbear83
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Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

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GrowlTowel said:

Russell Gym said:

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quash said:

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quash said:

ATL Bear said:

It's early, but it looks like Japan is in an early stage of a spike. Interesting to watch as they are avid maskers. I posted in the premium group about how I'm seeing doctors and scientists theorize that the virus is possibly becoming aerosolized. Instead of heavier saliva and mucus drops that we socially distance for with a 3-6 foot range, aerosol droplets are much smaller and lighter, stay in the air longer, get circulated wider and can penetrate masks. The positive is that they carry much smaller amounts of virus, and thus might reflect why case volume and case severity are decoupling (one going up rapidly but the other not following suit).
Mainland S. Korea schools reopened live classes. One middle school in Seoul had 138 cases.
Hospitalization numbers from the middle school?
Students with coronavirus.
Yes, but were any hospitalized?

Did they infect older adult family members when they got home from school, and were any of them hospitalized?
The now-familiar sound of goal posts being moved shows up yet again.

It's a much longer field goal attempt for higher risk groups.


No shame in punting.

Better than a 4th Down stop at the morgue.
Already covered that. "Cases" is not the same as "hospitalization", "ICU usage" , or 'fatalities".

A little less hysteria, please.

The endless football references are tongue in-cheek replies to your initial "moving the goalposts" remark.

You read in hysteria all on your own.
The goalpost references are appropriate. It was all about flattening the death rate .. until that was no longer useful.

Just admit that some very emotional people continue to change the requirements.

That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier
Russell Gym
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Oldbear83 said:

Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

Russell Gym said:

GrowlTowel said:

Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

quash said:

Oldbear83 said:

quash said:

ATL Bear said:

It's early, but it looks like Japan is in an early stage of a spike. Interesting to watch as they are avid maskers. I posted in the premium group about how I'm seeing doctors and scientists theorize that the virus is possibly becoming aerosolized. Instead of heavier saliva and mucus drops that we socially distance for with a 3-6 foot range, aerosol droplets are much smaller and lighter, stay in the air longer, get circulated wider and can penetrate masks. The positive is that they carry much smaller amounts of virus, and thus might reflect why case volume and case severity are decoupling (one going up rapidly but the other not following suit).
Mainland S. Korea schools reopened live classes. One middle school in Seoul had 138 cases.
Hospitalization numbers from the middle school?
Students with coronavirus.
Yes, but were any hospitalized?

Did they infect older adult family members when they got home from school, and were any of them hospitalized?
The now-familiar sound of goal posts being moved shows up yet again.

It's a much longer field goal attempt for higher risk groups.


No shame in punting.

Better than a 4th Down stop at the morgue.
Already covered that. "Cases" is not the same as "hospitalization", "ICU usage" , or 'fatalities".

A little less hysteria, please.

The endless football references are tongue in-cheek replies to your initial "moving the goalposts" remark.

You read in hysteria all on your own.
The goalpost references are appropriate. It was all about flattening the death rate .. until that was no longer useful.

Just admit that some very emotional people continue to change the requirements.



I don't disagree with you.
Jack Bauer
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Uh, oh. Don't tell Jinx because she thinks New York handled corona with flying colors.

I feel sorry for New Yorkers and I don't even like them.

GrowlTowel
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Russell Gym said:

GrowlTowel said:

Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

Russell Gym said:

Oldbear83 said:

quash said:

Oldbear83 said:

quash said:

ATL Bear said:

It's early, but it looks like Japan is in an early stage of a spike. Interesting to watch as they are avid maskers. I posted in the premium group about how I'm seeing doctors and scientists theorize that the virus is possibly becoming aerosolized. Instead of heavier saliva and mucus drops that we socially distance for with a 3-6 foot range, aerosol droplets are much smaller and lighter, stay in the air longer, get circulated wider and can penetrate masks. The positive is that they carry much smaller amounts of virus, and thus might reflect why case volume and case severity are decoupling (one going up rapidly but the other not following suit).
Mainland S. Korea schools reopened live classes. One middle school in Seoul had 138 cases.
Hospitalization numbers from the middle school?
Students with coronavirus.
Yes, but were any hospitalized?

Did they infect older adult family members when they got home from school, and were any of them hospitalized?
The now-familiar sound of goal posts being moved shows up yet again.

It's a much longer field goal attempt for higher risk groups.


No shame in punting.

Better than a 4th Down stop at the morgue.
But in the playoff era, you do have to consider if it was a quality loss.
Texasjeremy
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FROM FEB 1 THROUGH THE END OF LAST WEEK (Based on current population estimates)

DEATH % IN THE US - BASED ON AGE

TOTAL
7.00% - >85
2.392% - 75-84
0.960% - 65-74
0.469% - 55-64
0.217% - <1
0.211% - 45-54
0.111% - 35-44
0.070% - 25-34
0.036% - 15-24
0.010% - 1-4
0.006% - 5-14

CORONAVIRUS
0.66050% - >85
0.23105% - 75-84
0.09029% - 65-74
0.03935% - 55-64
0.01701% - 45-54
0.00618% - 35-44
0.00214% - 25-34
0.00046% - 15-24
0.00035% - <1
0.00005% - 1-4
0.00004% - 5-14
Robert Wilson
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Texasjeremy said:

FROM FEB 1 THROUGH THE END OF LAST WEEK (Based on current population estimates)

DEATH % IN THE US - BASED ON AGE

TOTAL
7.00% - >85
2.392% - 75-84
0.960% - 65-74
0.469% - 55-64
0.217% - <1
0.211% - 45-54
0.111% - 35-44
0.070% - 25-34
0.036% - 15-24
0.010% - 1-4
0.006% - 5-14

CORONAVIRUS
0.66050% - >85
0.23105% - 75-84
0.09029% - 65-74
0.03935% - 55-64
0.01701% - 45-54
0.00618% - 35-44
0.00214% - 25-34
0.00046% - 15-24
0.00035% - <1
0.00005% - 1-4
0.00004% - 5-14


Great chart - thanks.

All the Corona-heads should never leave their homes, including after the virus is gone (if it is ever gone). It's just too dangerous out there. Always has been.
Ski8103
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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/04/an_effective_covid_treatment_the_media_continues_to_besmirch_143875.html
Doc Holliday
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YES!!!!!!!!!!

Jacques Strap
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As of Aug. 4 TMC is back in Phase 2 of ICU

July 4 Total 1,308 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 5 Total 1,307 | COVID 589 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 6 Total 1,362 | COVID 600 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.0%
July 7 Total 1,364 | COVID 615 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.7%
July 8 Total 1,394 | COVID 626 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.3%
July 9 Total 1,394 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.2%
July 10 Total 1,420 | COVID 651 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.0%
July 11 Total 1,368 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.3%
July 12 Total 1,365 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.0%
July 13 Total 1,352 | COVID 674 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.9%
July 14 Total 1.359 | COVID 676 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.5%
July 15 Total 1.400 | COVID 678 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.3%
July 16 Total 1.400 | COVID 689 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 18 Total 1.345 | COVID 667 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.8%
July 19 Total 1.361 | COVID 664 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 20 Total 1.347 | COVID 686 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 21 Total 1.386 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.3%
July 22 Total 1.431 | COVID 716 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.6%
July 23 Total 1.456 | COVID 714 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.4%
July 24 Total 1.422 | COVID 681 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 25 Total 1.416 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 26 Total 1.408 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.5%
July 27 Total 1,373 | COVID 677 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.8%
July 28 Total 1,387 | COVID 650 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 29 Total 1,426 | COVID 625 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.4% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 30 Total 1,435 | COVID 639 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.5%
July 31 Total 1,388 | COVID 632 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.9%
AUG. 1 Total 1,330 | COVID 617 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -5.0%
AUG. 2 Total 1,324 | COVID 569| 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.0% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.8%
AUG. 3 Total 1,315 | COVID 568| 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits 0.1%
AUG. 4 Total 1,375 | COVID 570| 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.2% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.2%

https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/

Houston Methodist "COVID-19 Cases by Day". Click scroll to 2nd chart.
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/-/media/pdf/for-patients/Coronavirus/covid-19-stats.ashx

Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
-- 08 04 2020 --
NJ 179
NY 168
FL 34
CA 25
TX 25

Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, United States
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?time=2020-01-25..&country=~USA

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/







Florda_mike
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Texasjeremy said:

FROM FEB 1 THROUGH THE END OF LAST WEEK (Based on current population estimates)

DEATH % IN THE US - BASED ON AGE

TOTAL
7.00% - >85
2.392% - 75-84
0.960% - 65-74
0.469% - 55-64
0.217% - <1
0.211% - 45-54
0.111% - 35-44
0.070% - 25-34
0.036% - 15-24
0.010% - 1-4
0.006% - 5-14

CORONAVIRUS
0.66050% - >85
0.23105% - 75-84
0.09029% - 65-74
0.03935% - 55-64
0.01701% - 45-54
0.00618% - 35-44
0.00214% - 25-34
0.00046% - 15-24
0.00035% - <1
0.00005% - 1-4
0.00004% - 5-14


But Trump! We've gotta shut down country over Trump don't you know?

We can't let him beat our zombie
Texasjeremy
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We have been hearing for months now how the deaths were just lagging behind the cases and the southern states (especially Texas & Florida) would start catching up. When is that supposed to start?

DEATHS PER CASES PERCENTAGE

8.85% - Connecticut
8.67% - New Jersey
7.74% - New York (NYC: 10.34%)
7.26% - Massachusetts
6.94% - Michigan
6.29% - Pennsylvania
6.25% - New Hampshire
5.21% - Rhode Island
4.73% - Washington DC
4.33% - Indiana
4.16% - Illinois
3.98% - Vermont
3.84% - Delaware
3.83% - Maryland
3.82% - Colorado
3.75% - Ohio
3.29% - US AVERAGE
3.25% - Louisiana
3.11% - Maine
3.08% - New Mexico
2.89% - Minnesota
2.82% - Mississippi
2.73% - Washington
2.39% - Virginia
2.34% - Missouri
2.33% - Kentucky
2.13% - Arizona
1.98% - Georgia
1.96% - South Carolina
1.93% - Iowa
1.83% - California
1.78% - Alabama
1.76% - West Virginia
1.70% - Nevada
1.69% - Oregon
1.61% - Texas
1.61% - Wisconsin
1.57% - North Carolina
1.53% - North Dakota
1.51% - Florida
1.50% - South Dakota
1.47% - Montana
1.37% - Oklahoma
1.26% - Kansas
1.25% - Puerto Rico
1.22% - Nebraska
1.11% - Hawaii
1.08% - Arkansas
0.99% - Tennessee
0.94% - Idaho
0.94% - Wyoming
0.76% - Utah
0.74% - Alaska
Texasjeremy
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Just a few states skew the average for the entire country.

CORONAVIRUS DEATH% BASED ON CURRENT POPULATION ESTIMATES
0.177% - New Jersey
0.167% - New York (NYC: 0.2733%)
0.125% - Connecticut
0.124% - Massachusetts
0.096% - Rhode Island
0.087% - Louisiana
0.081% - Washington DC
0.064% - Michigan
0.061% - Illinois
0.060% - Delaware
0.059% - Mississippi
0.058% - Maryland
0.056% - Pennsylvania
0.052% - Arizona
0.047% - US AVERAGE
0.044% - Indiana
0.037% - Georgia
0.035% - South Carolina
0.034% - Alabama
0.034% - Florida
0.032% - Colorado
0.031% - New Mexico
0.030% - New Hampshire
0.030% - Ohio
0.029% - Minnesota
0.028% - Iowa
0.028% - Nevada
0.026% - Virginia
0.025% - Texas
0.024% - California
0.021% - Missouri
0.021% - Washington
0.019% - North Carolina
0.017% - Kentucky
0.017% - Nebraska
0.017% - Wisconsin
0.016% - Arkansas
0.016% - Tennessee
0.015% - South Dakota
0.014% - North Dakota
0.014% - Oklahoma
0.013% - Kansas
0.011% - Idaho
0.010% - Utah
0.009% - Maine
0.009% - Vermont
0.008% - Oregon
0.008% - Puerto Rico
0.007% - West Virginia
0.006% - Montana
0.005% - Wyoming
0.003% - Alaska
0.002% - Hawaii

CORONAVIRUS CASE % BASED ON CURRENT POPULATION ESTIMATES
2.68% - Louisiana
2.45% - Arizona
2.24% - Florida
2.16% - New York (NYC: 2.64%)
2.08% - Mississippi
2.05% - New Jersey
1.91% - Alabama
1.84% - Georgia
1.84% - Rhode Island
1.81% - South Carolina
1.72% - Washington DC
1.71% - Massachusetts
1.67% - Nevada
1.63% - Tennessee
1.56% - Delaware
1.53% - Texas
1.52% - Maryland
1.49% - Arkansas
1.47% - Illinois
1.45% - Iowa
1.43% - US AVERAGE
1.41% - Connecticut
1.39% - Nebraska
1.30% - California
1.30% - Utah
1.22% - Idaho
1.21% - North Carolina
1.10% - Virginia
1.05% - Oklahoma
1.03% - Indiana
1.03% - Wisconsin
1.02% - New Mexico
1.01% - Minnesota
1.01% - South Dakota
0.99% - Kansas
0.93% - Michigan
0.93% - North Dakota
0.90% - Pennsylvania
0.88% - Missouri
0.83% - Colorado
0.81% - Ohio
0.76% - Washington
0.72% - Kentucky
0.65% - Puerto Rico
0.51% - Wyoming
0.49% - New Hampshire
0.46% - Alaska
0.46% - Oregon
0.41% - Montana
0.40% - West Virginia
0.30% - Maine
0.23% - Vermont
0.17% - Hawaii
Jacques Strap
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New York

Checkpoints will be set up at New York City's tunnels and bridges to trace travelers from 35 COVID hotspot states and enforce 14-day quarantine - and anyone who flouts it risks a $10,000 fine
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8596357/New-York-City-CHECKPOINTS-city.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus


Florida

All 4 Walt Disney World theme parks and Disney Springs are now open.
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/travel-information/


Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
NY 168
FL 34
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Jacques Strap said:

New York

Checkpoints will be set up at New York City's tunnels and bridges to trace travelers from 35 COVID hotspot states and enforce 14-day quarantine - and anyone who flouts it risks a $10,000 fine
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8596357/New-York-City-CHECKPOINTS-city.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus


Florida

All 4 Walt Disney World theme parks and Disney Springs are now open.
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/travel-information/


Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
NY 168
FL 34
Meantime, Gov Cuomo is begging the 1 percenters to come back to save the city. He wants 1 percenters to come back to a city that is more dangerous, has no open restaurants, museums, Broadway plays, or symphony . Come back to be taxed at a higher rate and vilified for being successful.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8595717/Cuomo-begs-wealthy-New-Yorkers-come-save-city-Ill-buy-drink.html

Andrew Cuomo begs people to return to New York to save city
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is begging wealthy New Yorkers to return to the city to save it from economic ruin while fighting off calls from other lawmakers to raise their taxes, a move he fears could permanently drive the top 1 percent out of the city.
Thousands of New York City residents fled Manhattan and Brooklyn earlier this year when the city was the COVID-19 epicenter of the world.
Many flocked to their second homes in the Hamptons or upstate, while others rented or bought new properties, abandoning their expensive city apartments.
Now, six months on with no end to the national nightmare in sight, many are laying down permanent roots. While New York has overcome its battle against the virus, the rest of the country - where lockdown rules have been far more relaxed - is seeing a resurgence.
It is preventing New York City from resuming its normal activity because Cuomo fears a second spike in cases will happen if just one person from a worse-affected state travels in and infects residents again.
At a press conference on Monday, he said of the wealthiest residents who have long left the city: 'I literally talk to people all day long who are in their Hamptons house who also lived here, or in their Hudson Valley house or in their Connecticut weekend house, and I say, "You gotta come back, when are you coming back?"
"'We'll go to dinner, I'll buy you a drink. "'Come over, I'll cook."
'They're not coming back right now. And you know what else they're thinking? If I stay there, I pay a lower income tax because they don't pay the New York City surcharge,' he said.
Texasjeremy
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TEXAS 25 MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES

DEATHS PER CASE %
2.72% - Hidalgo
2.59% - Cameron
2.00% - Fort Bend
1.75% - Harris
1.68% - El Paso
1.57% - Bexar
1.38% - Ellis
1.37% - Williamson
1.36% - Tarrant
1.31% - Dallas
1.30% - Jefferson
1.19% - Webb
1.18% - Galveston
1.17% - Lubbock
1.16% - Brazoria
1.16% - Montgomery
1.12% - Collin
1.11% - Denton
1.11% - Travis
1.09% - Brazos
1.08% - Nueces
0.92% - Bell
0.88% - McLennan
0.76% - Smith
0.69% - Hays

DEATH% BASED ON CURRENT POPULATION ESTIMATES
0.091% - Cameron
0.056% - Hidalgo
0.032% - Bexar
0.031% - Galveston
0.031% - Nueces
0.030% - El Paso
0.029% - Harris
0.029% - Jefferson
0.029% - Webb
0.025% - Dallas
0.021% - Brazoria
0.021% - Lubbock
0.019% - Brazos
0.019% - Ellis
0.019% - Tarrant
0.019% - Travis
0.018% - Fort Bend
0.016% - McLennan
0.015% - Hays
0.014% - Williamson
0.012% - Montgomery
0.009% - Bell
0.009% - Denton
0.008% - Smith
0.007% - Collin

CASES % BASED ON CURRENT POPULATION ESTIMATES
3.49% - Cameron
2.83% - Nueces
2.63% - Galveston
2.40% - Webb
2.23% - Jefferson
2.13% - Hays
2.06% - Bexar
2.04% - Hidalgo
1.95% - Dallas
1.82% - Lubbock
1.80% - Brazoria
1.80% - El Paso
1.78% - McLennan
1.72% - Brazos
1.69% - Travis
1.66% - Harris
1.40% - Tarrant
1.38% - Ellis
1.04% - Montgomery
1.02% - Smith
0.99% - Bell
0.99% - Williamson
0.90% - Fort Bend
0.79% - Denton
0.62% - Collin
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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs
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July 4 Total 1,308 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 5 Total 1,307 | COVID 589 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 6 Total 1,362 | COVID 600 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.0%
July 7 Total 1,364 | COVID 615 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.7%
July 8 Total 1,394 | COVID 626 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.3%
July 9 Total 1,394 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.2%
July 10 Total 1,420 | COVID 651 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.0%
July 11 Total 1,368 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.3%
July 12 Total 1,365 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.0%
July 13 Total 1,352 | COVID 674 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.9%
July 14 Total 1.359 | COVID 676 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.5%
July 15 Total 1.400 | COVID 678 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.3%
July 16 Total 1.400 | COVID 689 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 18 Total 1.345 | COVID 667 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.8%
July 19 Total 1.361 | COVID 664 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 20 Total 1.347 | COVID 686 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 21 Total 1.386 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.3%
July 22 Total 1.431 | COVID 716 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.6%
July 23 Total 1.456 | COVID 714 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.4%
July 24 Total 1.422 | COVID 681 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 25 Total 1.416 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 26 Total 1.408 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.5%
July 27 Total 1,373 | COVID 677 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.8%
July 28 Total 1,387 | COVID 650 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 29 Total 1,426 | COVID 625 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.4% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 30 Total 1,435 | COVID 639 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.5%
July 31 Total 1,388 | COVID 632 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.9%
AUG. 1 Total 1,330 | COVID 617 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -5.0%
AUG. 2 Total 1,324 | COVID 569 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.0% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.8%
AUG. 3 Total 1,315 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits 0.1%
AUG. 4 Total 1,375 | COVID 570 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.2% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.2%
AUG. 5 Total 1,364 | COVID 542 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.9% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.1%

https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/

Houston Methodist "COVID-19 Cases by Day". Click scroll to 2nd chart.
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/-/media/pdf/for-patients/Coronavirus/covid-19-stats.ashx

Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
-- 08 05 2020 --
NJ 179
NY 168
FL 34
CA 25
TX 25

Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, United States
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?time=2020-01-25..&country=~USA

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/







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15 tweet thread on schools from Alasdair Munro Paediatric Registrar | Clinical Research Fellow Paediatric Infectious diseases. (Click his name to go to the tweet thread)





Taxi Drivers (uber drivers?) 5x more at risk than teachers



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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
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Texasjeremy said:

Osodecentx said:

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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
You get a couple of things wrong.

First, teachers will teach remotely if need be. So it's not about going back to work, it's about going back into the classroom. If a student in a classroom tests positive but never gets very sick, the teacher takes 14 days off to quarantine. Do those days count against sick days? What about the second time? And do you think there will be enough substitutes? Teachers are already doing lesson planning for the fall so that they can have a 14 day plan available for a sub.

Second, teachers continued to teach last spring. Learning new remote systems, coping with almost daily changes from administration, doing brand new lesson plans that can work remotely, dealing with students and parents when the student fails to complete any assignments, etc. No employed teacher has been off work for six months and to say so is a bit condescending or ignorant.
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” (The Law, p.6) Frederic Bastiat
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Osodecentx said:

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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.


To those teachers that don't want to teach, let em stay home and file unemployment

Hire new ones

Judging by today's youth, teachers couldn't have done much worse and I'd take my chances on new ones
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quash said:

Texasjeremy said:

Osodecentx said:

Jack Bauer said:

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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
You get a couple of things wrong.

First, teachers will teach remotely if need be. So it's not about going back to work, it's about going back into the classroom. If a student in a classroom tests positive but never gets very sick, the teacher takes 14 days off to quarantine. Do those days count against sick days? What about the second time? And do you think there will be enough substitutes? Teachers are already doing lesson planning for the fall so that they can have a 14 day plan available for a sub.

Second, teachers continued to teach last spring. Learning new remote systems, coping with almost daily changes from administration, doing brand new lesson plans that can work remotely, dealing with students and parents when the student fails to complete any assignments, etc. No employed teacher has been off work for six months and to say so is a bit condescending or ignorant.
Ah, the legal industrial complex is preparing for the harvest
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quash said:

Texasjeremy said:

Osodecentx said:

Jack Bauer said:

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Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
You get a couple of things wrong.

First, teachers will teach remotely if need be. So it's not about going back to work, it's about going back into the classroom. If a student in a classroom tests positive but never gets very sick, the teacher takes 14 days off to quarantine. Do those days count against sick days? What about the second time? And do you think there will be enough substitutes? Teachers are already doing lesson planning for the fall so that they can have a 14 day plan available for a sub.

Second, teachers continued to teach last spring. Learning new remote systems, coping with almost daily changes from administration, doing brand new lesson plans that can work remotely, dealing with students and parents when the student fails to complete any assignments, etc. No employed teacher has been off work for six months and to say so is a bit condescending or ignorant.
There is a lot in this post that needs attention. Teachers will be in close quarters with students who will be carriers. It will be interesting and enlightening to see how the different school districts handle the challenges ahead of them as the children go back to class. Here's hoping it will truly go better than expected without too many disruptions in class time.

The good thing is as we come out of this time of uncertainty, teachers will be much better prepared to handle students who are absent for extended periods of time for any reason. Remote teaching will be much improved.
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EatMoreSalmon said:

quash said:

Texasjeremy said:

Osodecentx said:

Jack Bauer said:

Sure, let's have a rational conversation with these people...



Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
You get a couple of things wrong.

First, teachers will teach remotely if need be. So it's not about going back to work, it's about going back into the classroom. If a student in a classroom tests positive but never gets very sick, the teacher takes 14 days off to quarantine. Do those days count against sick days? What about the second time? And do you think there will be enough substitutes? Teachers are already doing lesson planning for the fall so that they can have a 14 day plan available for a sub.

Second, teachers continued to teach last spring. Learning new remote systems, coping with almost daily changes from administration, doing brand new lesson plans that can work remotely, dealing with students and parents when the student fails to complete any assignments, etc. No employed teacher has been off work for six months and to say so is a bit condescending or ignorant.
There is a lot in this post that needs attention. Teachers will be in close quarters with students who will be carriers. It will be interesting and enlightening to see how the different school districts handle the challenges ahead of them as the children go back to class. Here's hoping it will truly go better than expected without too many disruptions in class time.

The good thing is as we come out of this time of uncertainty, teachers will be much better prepared to handle students who are absent for extended periods of time for any reason. Remote teaching will be much improved.
One teacher friend was pushing the idea of consulting to families doing homeschooling. Charge $10,000 per kid, sign up three families with two or three kids each. Help with curriculum, maybe teach a subject or two, be available remotely, etc. More money, less hassle, kids get more attention, all kinds of win.
“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” (The Law, p.6) Frederic Bastiat
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July 4 Total 1,308 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 5 Total 1,307 | COVID 589 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.3%
July 6 Total 1,362 | COVID 600 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 4.0%
July 7 Total 1,364 | COVID 615 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.7%
July 8 Total 1,394 | COVID 626 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.3%
July 9 Total 1,394 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.2%
July 10 Total 1,420 | COVID 651 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 3.0%
July 11 Total 1,368 | COVID 646 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.3%
July 12 Total 1,365 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 2.0%
July 13 Total 1,352 | COVID 674 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.9%
July 14 Total 1.359 | COVID 676 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.5%
July 15 Total 1.400 | COVID 678 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.3%
July 16 Total 1.400 | COVID 689 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 17 Total 1.381 | COVID 700 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 1.0%
July 18 Total 1.345 | COVID 667 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.8%
July 19 Total 1.361 | COVID 664 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 20 Total 1.347 | COVID 686 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.0%
July 21 Total 1.386 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.3%
July 22 Total 1.431 | COVID 716 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.6%
July 23 Total 1.456 | COVID 714 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.4%
July 24 Total 1.422 | COVID 681 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 25 Total 1.416 | COVID 691 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -1.5%
July 26 Total 1.408 | COVID 682 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.5%
July 27 Total 1,373 | COVID 677 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU 0.1% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.8%
July 28 Total 1,387 | COVID 650 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -0.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 29 Total 1,426 | COVID 625 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.4% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.0%
July 30 Total 1,435 | COVID 639 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.7% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.5%
July 31 Total 1,388 | COVID 632 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.9%
AUG. 1 Total 1,330 | COVID 617 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.3% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -5.0%
AUG. 2 Total 1,324 | COVID 569 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.0% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -3.8%
AUG. 3 Total 1,315 | COVID 568 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits 0.1%
AUG. 4 Total 1,375 | COVID 570 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.2% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -0.2%
AUG. 5 Total 1,364 | COVID 542 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -1.9% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -2.1%
AUG. 6 Total 1,349 | COVID 512 | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate for ICU -2.5% | 7 Day Avg. Growth Rate COVID hosp admits -4.2%

https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/

Houston Methodist "COVID-19 Cases by Day". Click scroll to 2nd chart.
https://www.houstonmethodist.org/-/media/pdf/for-patients/Coronavirus/covid-19-stats.ashx

Death rates from coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States (per 100,000 people)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covid19-death-rates-us-by-state/
-- 08 05 2020 --
NJ 178
NY 168
FL 36
CA 25
TX 30

Total number of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States by state
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102807/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-state/
CA 541k (39.5M population)
FL 510k (21.4M)
TX 483k (29M)
NY 418k (19.4M)
GA 240k (10.6M)

Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, United States
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-cases-deaths?time=2020-01-25..&country=~USA








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Here we go...although I believe the reason is primarily that the school district is not technically equipped to teach this many kids virtually right now.

AUSTIN, TX The Austin ISD board of trustees early Friday voted to delaythe start of classes util after Labor Day on Sept. 8 in a delay of three weeks from what originally was planned. Trustees also agreed to petition the Texas Education Agency to allow for in-person schooling no sooner than Nov. 3 given an ongoing reach of the new coronavirus.

The vote means virtual, or remote, learning will continue until after Labor Day. The school district trustees also voted to make the school day 10 minutes longer than usual while ending the school year on June 3 to compensate for missed days brought on by the pandemic.

The board meeting was broadcast live starting Thursday evening at 9 p.m. but the vote took place early Friday at around 3:15 a.m. after hundreds of residents' public input and trustees' discussion took some six hours.
Austin ISD Superintendent Dr. Paul Cruz noted the proposed changes are based on Austin Public Health guidelines dissuading in-person instruction before Sept. 7. Cruz assured teachers would receive their pay on time despite the delayed start time for classes, and no salary cuts on staff pay are contemplated

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quash said:

EatMoreSalmon said:

quash said:

Texasjeremy said:

Osodecentx said:

Jack Bauer said:

Sure, let's have a rational conversation with these people...



Doctors and nurses did their jobs. Now teachers should do theirs

Alot of teachers seem to be fighting tooth & nail to not go back to work.

You know how when you are off of work a week or so, how hard it is to go back. Now imagine being off of work 6 months. At some point you have to end vacation and go back to your job.
You get a couple of things wrong.

First, teachers will teach remotely if need be. So it's not about going back to work, it's about going back into the classroom. If a student in a classroom tests positive but never gets very sick, the teacher takes 14 days off to quarantine. Do those days count against sick days? What about the second time? And do you think there will be enough substitutes? Teachers are already doing lesson planning for the fall so that they can have a 14 day plan available for a sub.

Second, teachers continued to teach last spring. Learning new remote systems, coping with almost daily changes from administration, doing brand new lesson plans that can work remotely, dealing with students and parents when the student fails to complete any assignments, etc. No employed teacher has been off work for six months and to say so is a bit condescending or ignorant.
There is a lot in this post that needs attention. Teachers will be in close quarters with students who will be carriers. It will be interesting and enlightening to see how the different school districts handle the challenges ahead of them as the children go back to class. Here's hoping it will truly go better than expected without too many disruptions in class time.

The good thing is as we come out of this time of uncertainty, teachers will be much better prepared to handle students who are absent for extended periods of time for any reason. Remote teaching will be much improved.
One teacher friend was pushing the idea of consulting to families doing homeschooling. Charge $10,000 per kid, sign up three families with two or three kids each. Help with curriculum, maybe teach a subject or two, be available remotely, etc. More money, less hassle, kids get more attention, all kinds of win.
I think there is some serious merit to that idea My SO specializes LT (Language Therapy/Dislexia) and teaches at a private school in Dallas that specializes in that learning difference. She has been able parlay her tutoring business...,some in person and some via Zoom and makes more $ than here day job and the kids get one on one attention.
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