Forget Zoom Kindergarten. Bring the children back to school.

As for COVID-19, I’m not critical of the choices of others, except that those who pay less attention than others are irresponsible and those who take more than me are ridiculous. will do so. Perhaps you feel the same. This is one reason why it is difficult to agree on the advancement of the new coronavirus. Donald Trump.. You may find it acceptable to take the risk of going to a friend’s house for dinner. can not. I will keep that in mind when insisting on reopening elementary school entirely. Closing them is a destructive policy, and if I happen to feel that it’s being fed by horrific media or boneless civil servants, I won’t hit the table about it. No one asked me. I am under 70 years old. It’s not Thanksgiving. But I would like to explain why the case for resuming elementary school is so strong, despite all the misleading data.

First, establish your qualification as a COVID Allamist so that I don’t think I’m in the true camp or another camp. When the news of the coronavirus first came out of China, at the end of January I picked it up in a calm manner when Fayley met King Kong. The memories of being in China during the 2003 SARS became more and more muddy, and I went to the hardware store to buy the (at that time) N95 mask and rushed to the drug store to buy all kinds of disinfectants. went. When I went on a ski trip with my family in February, I brought disinfectant alcohol everywhere and turned it to the surface of every threat, like a vice of Toomstone. I wrote Early articles I bought a dry canned product because I was worried about the danger. By early March, my wife and I separated my daughter from third grade when it became clear that she had been infected with the community for several weeks in Seattle, where I live. When the question was when the school wouldn’t be closed, I booked Airbnb in a five-acre rural area and left the family for a while. Call me wisely or despised, depending on your taste. But I wasn’t happy.

Today we all know more. I don’t regret the actions I took, but I need to respect the potential of the Black Swan event, but most of them turned out to be unnecessary. When COVID closed society, I read a lot of research and began to notice the general thread of super-spreading events: indoor settings, loud voices, congestion. Over the course of the months, it seemed that everyone was better than expected, including grocery store workers, flight attendants, and outdoor mass protesters. It has been shown that COVID is contagious but not measles, and runs through populations such as straw-mediated fire and glandular pesto, saving only some of the affected individuals. Yes, distance and ventilation are a long way to go, although they can be fatal, especially if you are exposed to high doses or are debilitated by age or comorbidities. The big bar dangerous, But you have to I will do my best Infect outside. At this point the COVID became like a grizzly or shark. It’s dangerous enough to be respected, unpredictable enough to be killed for good reason, but understandable enough to handle without resorting to a bunker.

This poses a school problem for us. I was one of the first to take my child out of school, but I also first restored my child to its original condition. That’s all we learned about young children and COVID-19 she’s fine and so is her classmates, teachers, parents and everyone around her. The vast majority of children under the age of 12 are not only slightly affected by the disease, but also tend to keep it on their own. The details are essential, so let’s take a closer look at these points. But so far, not all public schools in Seattle accept face-to-face instruction, so my confidence is useless. The same applies to public schools in Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, and other cities and counties across the country. The city of New York is a commendable exception if you plan to reopen your school. translate In real life. However Safety policy In New York, there is no clear distinction between high school students who are at high risk of infection and elementary school students who are not. A hybrid model of distance and face-to-face instruction is wise for teens, but seems unnecessary for children under the age of 12.