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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGA SCHOOL REOPENING. KIDS CRAMMED IN THE HALL. Get Ready for the Spike
https://www.tmz.com/2020/08/04/georgia-school-kids-pack-hallway-no-masks-first-day-back/Georgia school's reopening may very well be exhibit A on the lack of COVID-19 safety precautions in place for students ... just look at this hallway, which looks like a superspreader's dream.
The photo shows the first day back for kids in Paulding County, where -- with the support of the Georgia Department of Education in partnership with the Georgia Department of Public Health -- schools are opening up their doors with "guidelines, not mandates" on how to deal with the pandemic ... and judging from the pic it's an absolute failure.
Students are crammed in a narrow hallway, and at least half of them are walking side by side without face coverings.
Georgia's "Path to Recovery for K-12 Schools" lists "prioritizing safety" as its top concern for the reopenings ... but it sure doesn't look like that's being followed.
This school photo is not the only one to raise eyebrows this week in Georgia. Another from Etowah High School in Woodstock shows a large group of seniors bunched together for a color-coordinated clothing pic ... ALL without masks.
The troubling photos come on the heels of coronavirus cases being reported at other recently reopened schools across the country ... which has led to protests over the unsafe nature of doing so.
As everyone knows, kids can infect their parents and grandparents, but also the teachers are at risk when students are in situations that make transmission almost inevitable.
President Trump, of course, has been a vocal proponent of reopening schools ... while ignoring the inherent risks.
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tough times coming to this school/families. so, sad.
ace3csusm
(969 posts)Then we will hear who could have known this would happen...Now the schools will be closed for the entire year props to you...Sad thing is they will blame the few that wore mask for bring virus in their mask...
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)crickets
(25,896 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)I kept saying we would have a second wave not long after school started if kids went back to school. Well, not being done with the first wave I guess the first wave is just going to make a dramatic spike. I am scared to death of what the second wave will be like being second waves are worse than the first.
JDC
(10,081 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)lostnfound
(16,138 posts)Did Keisha manage to handle it differently?
iluvtennis
(19,757 posts)format, and the start of school has been pushed back to Aug. 24.
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/back-to-school-plans-for-fall-semester-in-metro-atlanta/85-c0d46325-6c89-4cda-b0c2-d38a58689fa4
MissB
(15,800 posts)At least those hospitals in that area will be available for all these other cases that are going to crop up in a few weeks.
lostnfound
(16,138 posts)mokawanis
(4,434 posts)all of them being put in danger due to bad decisions made by adults. I'm also glad my grandkids will be doing at least the first semester online in WI.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)As of 8/5/20:
From: https://infection2020.com/
Paulding County: 1,538 cases, 21 deaths out of a population of approx. 169,000. That equates to a little under 1% infection rate which may explain part of their carelessness.
It's the old "I don't know anyone that's had the disease so it must not be very bad" lines of denial and bullshit.
KY.......
iluvtennis
(19,757 posts)Thanks KY for posting this add'l data.