I feel like many school districts are approaching COVID mitigation as though COVID will follow their rules.
ie, COVID won’t infect anyone until 15 cumulative minutes have passed. COVID will only infect those who show symptoms and then choose to get tested all on their own. COVID takes a lunch break. COVID holds its breath when a kids puts their mask down.
COVID refuses to float in the air over flimsy plastic barriers. If a window is open today, COVID will see it and stay away tomorrow, so no need to make sure windows are open at all times.
COVID will be sure not to infect too many people, so no need to quarantine if it’s inconvenient. COVID will skip teachers who don’t want to get vaccinated.
COVID knows not to come inside after the air cleaning time is done. COVID promises not to replicate too much with kids and create even worse variants.
News flash: COVID will infect any time conditions are favorable.
Favorable conditions:
-no vaccination of host
-inside an enclosed space
-lack of outside fresh air
-poor ventilation
-no masking and/or poor masking
-high community transmission
-people not knowing they’re infected or if those around them are infected
-no vaccination of host
-inside an enclosed space
-lack of outside fresh air
-poor ventilation
-no masking and/or poor masking
-high community transmission
-people not knowing they’re infected or if those around them are infected
COVID cares not what intentions are, no matter how much we wish that were true. COVID will infect whenever and wherever it can.
We have to set policies that deal with facts and the circumstances that we actually have - not the ones we wish we had.
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