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Post by edwardjohn on Jul 28, 2020 17:14:59 GMT
So far they are saying that the classes will go ahead as scheduled, i.e. 2020 - 21 semester will go on as planned. They say that there will be Social Distancing and the like. Will that happen? Not sure. They are saying that there will be different classes with regards to students attendance, will this happen? I'm not sure. The whole Exam season was a mess and I would be surprised if they plan something of this like and it works. Why don't they just postpone the semester to 2021, like other UK universities are doing? But the institution I go to if for profit, so apply from that what you will. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Jul 28, 2020 20:42:41 GMT
COVID sucks.
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 10, 2020 22:04:16 GMT
I've been told that all of my universities teaching for the upcoming semester, which will probably be the whole year, will be online ... Well ... that sucks. Why don't they just postpone the start of term?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2020 6:02:32 GMT
school delayed till September 8th
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Post by wireman on Aug 13, 2020 12:39:33 GMT
school delayed till September 8th |
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Post by spideyman on Aug 13, 2020 12:46:47 GMT
school delayed till September 8th |
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Post by wireman on Aug 13, 2020 12:54:37 GMT
School started in my county on Monday and they have already had to quarantine one elementary school class. I'm afraid this is not going to turn out well here. I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 13:02:29 GMT
School started in my county on Monday and they have already had to quarantine one elementary school class. I'm afraid this is not going to turn out well here. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 13:09:15 GMT
Can not comprehend the mind set-- there are more cases now, then when we took the students out of school in March-- why are they going back? Totally agree, this is not going to turn out well. I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 13:10:57 GMT
school delayed till September 8th  |
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Post by wireman on Aug 13, 2020 13:13:13 GMT
Can not comprehend the mind set-- there are more cases now, then when we took the students out of school in March-- why are they going back? Totally agree, this is not going to turn out well. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 13:20:07 GMT
It is baffling, especially if its places like Florida with all those cases. I honestly think people actually believe that the war is over and that this is peacetime ... |
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Post by spideyman on Aug 13, 2020 13:42:10 GMT
Can not comprehend the mind set-- there are more cases now, then when we took the students out of school in March-- why are they going back? Totally agree, this is not going to turn out well. I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
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Post by drawntokatet on Aug 13, 2020 14:40:17 GMT
Only a vaccine will make it safe to go back to school and work in offices. My employer has announced that we will work from home for the remainder of 2020.
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Post by osnafrank on Aug 13, 2020 15:32:17 GMT
Some schools trying to go back to normal.
With masks and smaller classes.
Some schools are closed again after they found out, it doesn`t work well.
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Post by docpain2 on Aug 13, 2020 16:54:26 GMT
Can not comprehend the mind set-- there are more cases now, then when we took the students out of school in March-- why are they going back? Totally agree, this is not going to turn out well. I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
The administration is claiming that numbers are decreasing, however, it appears that this is due to testing being slowed down. (SEE BELOW) KEY POINTS - The country recorded an average of 52,875 new cases every day over the last seven days, down 19% from 65,285 new cases per day on July 28. - However, Covid-19 testing has declined as well, falling from an average of about 814,000 tests per day two weeks ago to about 716,000, a 12% decline, over the same two-week period. - In Texas, new Covid-19 cases have fallen by 10% over the last two weeks, but testing is down by 53% over the same time. For the first time in months, the daily growth of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily fallen over the past two weeks, giving some hope to U.S. officials who proclaimed there were "signs of progress" in Southern states that were hit particularly hard. "No one's declaring victory," Adm. Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at HHS, told reporters on a July 30 conference call. "We continue to see signs of progress across the Sun Belt and diffusely throughout the country." But testing shortages in key states and other gaps in Covid-19 data call into question the accuracy of those numbers and whether the outbreak in the U.S. is really improving or whether cases are simply going undiagnosed, epidemiologists say. Read more: www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/08/12/accuracy-of-us-coronavirus-data-thrown-into-question-as-decline-in-testing-skews-drop-in-new-cases.html |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 20:31:45 GMT
I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
The administration is claiming that numbers are decreasing, however, it appears that this is due to testing being slowed down. (SEE BELOW) KEY POINTS - The country recorded an average of 52,875 new cases every day over the last seven days, down 19% from 65,285 new cases per day on July 28. - However, Covid-19 testing has declined as well, falling from an average of about 814,000 tests per day two weeks ago to about 716,000, a 12% decline, over the same two-week period. - In Texas, new Covid-19 cases have fallen by 10% over the last two weeks, but testing is down by 53% over the same time. For the first time in months, the daily growth of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily fallen over the past two weeks, giving some hope to U.S. officials who proclaimed there were "signs of progress" in Southern states that were hit particularly hard. "No one's declaring victory," Adm. Brett Giroir, an assistant secretary at HHS, told reporters on a July 30 conference call. "We continue to see signs of progress across the Sun Belt and diffusely throughout the country." But testing shortages in key states and other gaps in Covid-19 data call into question the accuracy of those numbers and whether the outbreak in the U.S. is really improving or whether cases are simply going undiagnosed, epidemiologists say. Read more: www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/08/12/accuracy-of-us-coronavirus-data-thrown-into-question-as-decline-in-testing-skews-drop-in-new-cases.html |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 20:32:46 GMT
Only a vaccine will make it safe to go back to school and work in offices. My employer has announced that we will work from home for the remainder of 2020. |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 20:34:37 GMT
I would be ok with them going back if we could get test results back immediately. But that isn't happening anytime soon. I'm also ticked off at you know who constantly saying that kids don't get sick from this. It's true that young people are a lot less likely to get sick from this but I don't think we really know much about the pre teen age group. They were pulled out of school and from what I've been able to see, parents have kept them reasonably isolated since March. I'm not sure we have a big enough sample size of this age group to start proclaiming that they will be ok.
WhAt AbOuT tHe EcOnOmY?! |
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Post by edwardjohn on Aug 13, 2020 20:35:53 GMT
Some schools trying to go back to normal.
With masks and smaller classes.
Some schools are closed again after they found out, it doesn`t work well.
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