Keeping the status quo of letting those teacher unions and teachers decide when to work and not work at the expense of a child’s education is what is nonsense.
The P&R Plague Thread (Covid-19)
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DevoHusker
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/timeline-how-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-suddenly-became-credible/?
Things that make you go "hmmmm?" for $500 Alex.
Things that make you go "hmmmm?" for $500 Alex.
Jason Sitoke
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Not sure if you’re responding to my post, but I’ll answer from my perspective...
I don’t believe the media in general has been politically motivated or outright factually wrong throughout this. Best way I can describe my annoyance is that this morning I have 10 headlines in my news feed with ‘impending doom’ in the title. It’s dramatic language, but it is technically an accurate quote from an expert. On the other hand, is it all that informative or insightful? Why are those two words in the headline of every piece of coverage?
I found what I would think would be a bombshell of a story in the midst of the variant concerns (I linked it a few pages back), but I had to dig for it.
TL;DR: ‘If it bleeds, it leads’ annoys me.
Ulty
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Reading this conversation has been interesting to me, as I have been working on a couple complaints in my workplace about employees who have concerns about being on campus, due to their own risk factors, being immunocompromised and whatnot. But if an essential function of your job is to be present, continuing to work from home is not a reasonable accommodation if the employer is taking reasonable precautions to keep you safe in the workplace.
For teachers, I'm sure many have valid concerns about going back into the school buildings, especially teachers who are older and have other health issues. But if a school is taking mitigating measures (masks, hand sanitizer, distancing when possible, quarantining those who have been exposed, etc) then it is time to go back to work, especially if the medical info we know now is that there is a relatively low risk of spread in the schools. They should still take the virus seriously and if they are worried, I don't blame them. But you still have a job to do. The burden then shifts to the school district and the building staff to do whatever they need to do to keep the teachers safe once they are back.
For teachers, I'm sure many have valid concerns about going back into the school buildings, especially teachers who are older and have other health issues. But if a school is taking mitigating measures (masks, hand sanitizer, distancing when possible, quarantining those who have been exposed, etc) then it is time to go back to work, especially if the medical info we know now is that there is a relatively low risk of spread in the schools. They should still take the virus seriously and if they are worried, I don't blame them. But you still have a job to do. The burden then shifts to the school district and the building staff to do whatever they need to do to keep the teachers safe once they are back.
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RedDenver
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That article has a rather dubious timeline since the vast majority of it is articles by reporters and not scientific papers or evidence uncovered by reporters. There's been a call by prominent scientists for a more thorough investigation, which is interesting for sure.
Of note is that it took 15 years for scientists to find the bats that original SARS came from: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01541-z
FrantzHardySwag
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With this research and some other research that’s recently come out on vaccine response, it’s looking like Dr. Fauci was a little late to the party and owes Rand Paul an apology. Read the abstracts then go back and watch the Fauci hearing and you will notice Fauci disagrees with Paul on much of this research that supports Senator Paul’s point of view.
knapplc
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Gonna send this answer to the Biden Admin and see if we can take you off the Relief check list.
The author also didn’t seem to include all of his own immediate dismissal of the WIV origin theory. Kessler has been pretty much a journalistic clown as of late.