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In reply to the discussion: Biden: Schools should 'probably all be open' in the fall [View all]AZLD4Candidate
(5,570 posts)12. That's the same idea the Chinese government had in the 1990s towards HIV
Their attitude was "HIV was a foreign disease" and Chinese people were immune to it because it didn't originate in China.
Are children not humans too? Are children not prone to disease? Have we tested children as much as we test adults?
In my district, there a numerous multi-generational families. When did children automatically be immune to a HUMAN airborne respiratory virus?
I am a teacher and I hate online teaching. My niece and nephew hate it. My student are burnt out and WANT to go back to school. The Chairman of the Tohono o'Odham Nation here in Arizona declared schools (and pretty much the Nation) shut down due to COVID19. Who am I to challenge it?
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I think the people who realistically have that option should be able to exercise it.
alphafemale
Apr 2021
#33
I noticed, but you don't know my district. At least in mine, NO ONE would show up
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#28
Parents want their free babysitters back so they can neglect their duties as parents
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#13
Social Studies always get that because people think it's all facts and not anything else
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#25
So are us teachers, but we can always adjust and be the "free babysitters" parents think we are
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#11
That's the same idea the Chinese government had in the 1990s towards HIV
AZLD4Candidate
Apr 2021
#12