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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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As the back-to-school date in the US is slowly approaching, more and more parents are seriously doubting whether to send their kids to school. With Covid-19 infections rising in 41 states and southern hotspots already undertaking crisis measures on Thursday, many feel like reopening schools physically would be hurried and plain dangerous.

So one mom and book author from Atlanta named Aesha Saeed turned to her children’s pediatrician for advice. She found the doctor’s opinion “sobering because headlines and pundits are one thing, but a doctor I’ve trusted my children’s well-being to since each were born” is another. Aesha then passed on what she learned in this 6-tweet thread that will make you seriously weigh the risks of letting your kids sit at a school desk any time soon.

This mom shared what her kids’ pediatrician had to say about sending kids back to school and it’s “sobering”

Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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Schools are coping differently with the uncertainty of letting kids come back amid the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. Los Angeles Times reports that in Southern California, the region’s two main districts—Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified—said they would begin the new school year with full-time distance learning. Meanwhile, Orange County voted to let students onto campus without implying security guidelines like masks or social distancing.

But the resistance from parents is mounting in places where spread of the virus is still a daily threat that comes with President Donald Trump saying that opening schools is key to firing up the economy.

Mom Asks Pediatrician About The Idea Of Kids Going To School Again, Receives A Reality Check

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has just released an official report on reopening schools during the pandemic. The report says: “There is insufficient evidence with which to determine how easily children and youth contract the virus and how contagious they are once they do.”

In addition, such a knowledge gap “makes it extremely difficult for decision makers to gauge the health risks of physically opening schools.”

Parents and teachers joined in the thread to weigh in on going back to school amid the recent rise in Covid-19 cases

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René Kok 4 years ago

So what if your kid gets 1 year behind, at least it is alive and the teachers too. And we still don't know the longterm effects on the longs. Here in the Netherlands we even kept our kid home 4 weeks extra after daycare/schools reopened. Luckily no spike in cases so we felt safe to send her after 4 weeks.

15points

Lucas 4 years ago (edited)

I agree, though it will inevitably have a knock on affect on all the children coming up behind them. Who will teach those children if the teachers are still dealing with students who should have already moved on a year to other teachers and other lessons? Unless we increase the number of teachers, the number of lessons and the time spent in schooling (either home or in class) in order to catch up - which is easier said than done. It is going to be logistical nightmare. Still better than the kids getting sick.

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Laugh Fan 4 years ago (edited)

Why aren't all bus drivers (not just those who transport school children) being screened in behind perspex barriers? Then no contact for payment either by correct fare only or contacless pay or pay in advance - there are things that could be done to protect them surely? Though I have to say I wouldn't send my children back either.

15points

K.Kobayashi 4 years ago

Because it costs money to install those screens, and whoever needs to pay for it won't.

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Andrea Careless 4 years ago

They've done it in Canada.

1point

Jesse 4 years ago

Essential, in American English, means disposable. Therefore little protection for essential workers. That makes it scary when politicians say children are essential.

1point

MammaG 4 years ago

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Who said kids don't get it? They don't die at nearly the rate of anyone over 60, or at-risk groups, but kids get Covid. Keep the kids out of school, for pity's sake! *sigh* MORTALITY risk is not the sameas GETTING IT RISK.

11points

Rissie 4 years ago

You should hear them here in The Netherlands. Totally bat s**t. It was parents and teachers showing their worries about this "kids are fine" mentality. Don't think that the US is the only country making very counter intuitive decisions. My husband works at a local hospital (in IT not in care) and they are saddling up again for what's to come. All of the country is totally letting go of measurements. Besides face masks in public transport and faux routing in stores. Focus on cleanliness is receding, people get near to each other in stores and on the streets. We had an outbreak in a town nearby and I'm pretty sure we're in for a new wave here. And all these worries of everyone about kids are so on my mind and it's very unsettling, that's for sure.

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René Kok 4 years ago

So what if your kid gets 1 year behind, at least it is alive and the teachers too. And we still don't know the longterm effects on the longs. Here in the Netherlands we even kept our kid home 4 weeks extra after daycare/schools reopened. Luckily no spike in cases so we felt safe to send her after 4 weeks.

15points

Lucas 4 years ago (edited)

I agree, though it will inevitably have a knock on affect on all the children coming up behind them. Who will teach those children if the teachers are still dealing with students who should have already moved on a year to other teachers and other lessons? Unless we increase the number of teachers, the number of lessons and the time spent in schooling (either home or in class) in order to catch up - which is easier said than done. It is going to be logistical nightmare. Still better than the kids getting sick.

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Laugh Fan 4 years ago (edited)

Why aren't all bus drivers (not just those who transport school children) being screened in behind perspex barriers? Then no contact for payment either by correct fare only or contacless pay or pay in advance - there are things that could be done to protect them surely? Though I have to say I wouldn't send my children back either.

15points

K.Kobayashi 4 years ago

Because it costs money to install those screens, and whoever needs to pay for it won't.

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Andrea Careless 4 years ago

They've done it in Canada.

1point

Jesse 4 years ago

Essential, in American English, means disposable. Therefore little protection for essential workers. That makes it scary when politicians say children are essential.

1point

MammaG 4 years ago

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AngelaKlyy 4 years ago (edited)

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Who said kids don't get it? They don't die at nearly the rate of anyone over 60, or at-risk groups, but kids get Covid. Keep the kids out of school, for pity's sake! *sigh* MORTALITY risk is not the sameas GETTING IT RISK.

11points

Rissie 4 years ago

You should hear them here in The Netherlands. Totally bat s**t. It was parents and teachers showing their worries about this "kids are fine" mentality. Don't think that the US is the only country making very counter intuitive decisions. My husband works at a local hospital (in IT not in care) and they are saddling up again for what's to come. All of the country is totally letting go of measurements. Besides face masks in public transport and faux routing in stores. Focus on cleanliness is receding, people get near to each other in stores and on the streets. We had an outbreak in a town nearby and I'm pretty sure we're in for a new wave here. And all these worries of everyone about kids are so on my mind and it's very unsettling, that's for sure.

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