Coronavirus Death Toll Estimation USA

Texas on Friday gave public schools permission to keep campuses closed for more than 5 million students well into the fall as the state scrambles to contain one of the largest resurgences of the coronavirus in the country.

California also issued strict guidance that makes it unlikely that many schools will resume in-person instruction this fall, raising the likelihood of empty classrooms in the country’s two biggest states despite President Donald Trump’s demands that schools welcome back students at the start of the school year.

The changes in Texas were announced hours before the state set a new daily record for virus deaths, with 174, and reported more than 10,000 confirmed new cases for a fourth consecutive day. It also follows a backlash from teachers and parents who criticized Texas’ earlier timeline that had students returning to classrooms by August or September as rushed and reckless.

Under the new guidelines, Texas schools could hold online-only instruction for up to the first eight weeks of the school year, potentially pushing a return to campus in some cities until November. That includes Dallas and Houston, where school leaders concerned about the surge of COVID-19 cases have postponed the first day of classes until after Labor Day.

We have known since the beginning of this that the economy couldn't get going fully again until we figured out child care. We haven't figured it out yet. So when the press secretary gets out there and says the science supports fully reopening schools so kids can attend in person classes everyday, she is lying. The science does not support that, because there is more to schools than just the students. They are completely ignoring the role of teachers and it doesn't work.

Then... how do you stop little jimmy from beating up johnny?

"teaching" isn't just learning.

I don't think any intelligent parent would go for that ***either. You're going to put my daughter in a room with 29 deviants and no supervision? Oh hell no.

Obviously not every school situation is the same. That's why they can't just do a blanket everyone must open.

It's still very much a class situation that has been building for generations and there's no quick fix for.

All these "powerful" people have no issue because their kids are in private school with only 10 kids in a class and they're "well behaved"

Just bein real about a shitty scenario. This has been a long time coming. Bomb has been there, covid just lit the fuse.

In 100% honesty. It does need to be burned down. Real talk. The whole thing doesn't work. Full stop.

It's only functional because there is no options. And it's barely functional at that. I marvel at how people just accept that it is what it is.

To sum it up as easily as possible. The idea that everything is for maximum profit at any cost. Including human sacrifice. Including children.

That's not even close to what I said lol.

Sacrifice everything for money.

Waiting for our entire nation to grow up and start acting like adults instead of reeeeeeing at the top of their lungs about their freedoms.

As soon as the moron population starts doing the right thing, we can go back to "normal". if everyone "Man's up" right now and puts on a damned mask the kids can probably go back to school in September.

See they WON'T do it, so, it only leaves the "fight the man" option. Quit literally. "the man" the orange one. His base are the ones that are (most not all) of the problem.

Trump should've used the defense act to make a billion N95 masks, forced everyone to wear them for 2 months and then hung up the mission accomplished banner. It would've been over.

And on the chance that it didn't work? and masks proved to do absolutely nothing? Then we would be exactly where we ended up anyway.

That's the fundamental disconnect. It doesn't have to be about winning. Do the right thing for the right reason.

If it doesn't work. eat the L and try something else. The only thing 100% certain to fail is what we did. Nothing.