Volunteering Other People

Well, you certainly were a lost cause. https://t.co/sIYgNwzgMN

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 7, 2022

Teachers should die so children can go to school…without teachers? 

Does she understand school closings have more to do with parents concerned for their children, depleted staff, and teachers just quitting? Aside, I mean, from staff shortages because of the ongoing pandemic.

Why do I ask? Of course she doesn’t. This woman should be spouting off in a bar, not in the U.S. House of Representatives. Not that rational people are any better:

Nate Silver says schools temporarily closing because of a raging pandemic is as bad (perhaps worse!) as the invasion of Iraq. Words fail. pic.twitter.com/hj0ti03w0D

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2022

Making kids attend class is much more important than preventing the further spread of this disease? Because prevention is not the first priority of every school:

Now if we were a country completely compliant with N-95 mask wearing like Hong Kong, I would tell you Omicron wouldn’t have much of a chance to spread.

We’re not. Yesterday in a MN school board meeting, the board wouldn’t even entertain discussion about a mask requirement. 8/

— Andy Slavitt 🇺🇸💉 (@ASlavitt) January 8, 2022

At least the kids will be in class, right? Sharing the full experience of spreading contagion? What could be more important than that?

Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, according to government data released on the only age group not yet eligible for the vaccine. https://t.co/nd9tmsFaht

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 7, 2022

The two conversations are essentially "all remote" or "all open" and neither seems to be feasible at the moment. https://t.co/m24XearqmE

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 8, 2022

So to give you a sense of how it’s going. My son’s NYC public high school had 30% attendance today.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 7, 2022

3/ COVID test, organizing and administering isolations, sending kids home with COVID. Meanwhile large numbers of teachers and staff are out with COVID, many students are out with COVID and many families are keeping their kids home to avoid getting COVID. it’s important …

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 8, 2022

5/ Again it’s not even a school or no school thing. It’s brief closure vs COVID perseverance theater in the classroom.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 8, 2022

You can tell the people who don’t have kids in school. They think this is just a policy issue.