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7 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Answering you, we strictly did homeschooling last year because of being failed by state leadership and our local public school district.

We outsourced the curriculum development AND teaching (via tutoring). It was a preferable alternative but was not awesome.

This year...

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We continued because 2 of our 3 kids preferred it and did not want to go back, so we improved our situation by joining a co-op where they still interact with many other kids, do extracurricular activities, never see a single mask, and get exposure to much better curricula...

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The co-op set the curricula and progress/milestones, but it's completely up to me to decide what we follow, what we use, how intense we do it, and how best our 3 kids learn.

So far, it's even better and is working very well. Our girls get to train (equestrian) much more...

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And still get all of their work easily. They even are able to do mid-week competitions in other states with no impact to their education.

They are being taught to think critically, how to research/debate, and how to manage time for their own benefit.

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13 Sep
Homeschool Update: Year 2

Last year, we pulled our kids from NY public schools at the last minute, because we would not accept only 2d/wk of in-person teaching and would not accept our kids to be forcibly masked.

We thought for sure we'd be able to return this year, but...

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As CoV2 numbers dropped seasonally (Jan-May) along with rising vax rates, we felt confident we'd see normal conditions (no masks, quarantine, distancing, etc.).

I asked their preferences:
-Twins chose to continue homeschool
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Over the summer, things got crazy with Cuomo's scandal. He and NYS DOH did not announce new school guidance while school districts scrambled to respond to angry parents.

Eventually, DOH quietly emailed Superintendents stating they could make masks optional for summer school.

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7 Jul
NY School Masking - Master Thread: Summer/Fall 2021

Gov Cuomo and NYS DOH left school districts confused when removing the State of Emergency without clarifying school mask rules.

This thread shows School Districts where masks are proactively made optional:

#1 - Depew Image
#2 - Hamburg

Same wording. Note these districts are matching up summer school with summer camp guidance.

Key quote:

"...there is no material difference in risk levels or populations between our programs and summer camps." Image
#3 - Tonawanda

Same text again.

Notable logic:
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Well, it looks like this is the end. We thought it was over when CTP stopped, but then @TheLawyerCraig and his merry band of data volunteers kept us going for 4 more months.

In commemoration, we will post our final chart set.

First, Reported Cases & Hospitalization Census

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Same chart w/Hope-Simpson overlay.

- Summer stimulus visible again like last year, though 2 weeks later
- Cases bottomed on 6/18 and have risen since but much less than 2020
- Hosp Census followed trend this past week by hitting its inflection point and turning up slightly

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Reported Cases vs. Test Positivity

As is typically the case, Pos% inflected first with Reported Cases following shortly after.

Though turning up like 2020, the Pos% rate increase is much shallower and much lower overall.

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26 Jun
US CoV2 Update: 6/26/21

Cases w/inflection points labeled. Summer stimulus with upward pressure has arrived.

As expected, amplitude is minimal.

Spring Peak:
- 2020: 4/13
- 2021: 4/12

June Trough:
- 2020: 6/10
- 2021: 6/18

Summer Peak:
- 2020: 7/23
- 2021: TBD

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Hospitalization Census w/inflection points labeled.

Summer stimulus showing the same as Cases but with slight lag.

Amplitude increase should be minimal.

Spring Peak:
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- 2021: 4/21

June Trough:
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Summer Peak:
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Reported Deaths w/inflection points labeled.

This pattern is much less aligned than Cases/Hosps.

That April 2020 spike appears abnormal beyond just the effects of CoV2 itself.

Notice how much closer the current numbers are.

Probably will see another July 4 reporting trough.
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***Master NY BOE Unmask🧵***

I've created this to gather all the NY BOE letters being sent to Gov Cuomo and Legislature.

It started with Hauppauge, a Long Island district that was open 5d/wk ALL YEAR. Yes, even in NY. They set the pace.

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"We respectfully request that you either provide the data and science that supports the universal masking of our children, or you lift the mask mandates for schools."

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A scorcher from William Floyd.

"...masks are causing anxiety and mental anguish, along with physical issues such as nosebleeds and trouble breathing..."

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Lowest 10 States - COVID Mortality Year-Over-Year

This is Reported Death Per Million shown Year-over-Year for the 10 states with the lowest COVID mortality.
Oregon and Washington by themselves on the same scale.

Note that 1/M/Day is very low.
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Chart 1) The 5 states with the highest COVID Mortality

Chart 2) The 5 states with the lowest COVID Mortality

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