Using data from 2-3 months ago would have been more sufficient in not having to work nearly as hard to help this situation.
But we know how that went.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Using data from 2-3 months ago would have been more sufficient in not having to work nearly as hard to help this situation.
But we know how that went.
My son's district announced they will be closed Monday and Tuesday to facilitate distance learning planning.
There is a point where "doing more" can cause more harm than good. No one knows what that point is. That's why it's not as simple as "shut everything down".
Didn't realize that we had so many infectious disease experts on CF. 
Your opinion is the entire state should close schools right now - when would you propose we re-open them?
Which one would you be more worried about if you had a fever and had a hard time breathing and felt you needed immediate assistance?
August? According to the governor of a state that's actually taking this seriously that is a possibility.
https://www.axios.com/ohio-governor-coronavirus-schools-8c9b3f18-4a76-449b-bb1d-f19b3b6f3542.html
This will be a critical week for the rural schools across the state. Unlike the urban schools, that are on spring break, many rural schools are still on the Easter break schedule.
If cases across the state stay flat, we will continue to go, if they spike this week, then we will be closing them down. It could go either way, I know I at my school, around 50% of the kids have internet access at home, difficult, but not impossible to do distance learning. Plus like many rural schools, we are above 50% for free and reduced lunch, if they cancel school we are going to have to come up with a way to get lunch out to those students.
We are just starting this pandemic, here in the US, its going to get a lot worse before its gets better in my opinion.
If cases across the state stay flat, we will continue to go, if they spike this week, then we will be closing them down. It could go either way, I know I at my school, around 50% of the kids have internet access at home, difficult, but not impossible to do distance learning. Plus like many rural schools, we are above 50% for free and reduced lunch, if they cancel school we are going to have to come up with a way to get lunch out to those students.
We are just starting this pandemic, here in the US, its going to get a lot worse before its gets better in my opinion.
I saw schools around here prior to shutdown were considering relaxing absenteeism rules for kids especially with higher risk family members
I see you should be heading up the task force instead of any the personnel that is. You apparently know more facts than they do. I'm going off what has been given to us and reported, you are throwing your own opinions in there as facts. So please email Reynolds and offer your expertise on the Cornonavirus to her since you know more about it than those guiding her, the mayor of NY and most other government agencies out there. I'm following what the reports are telling us, I'm not going to chastise those you don't follow what I THINK should happen.
Also, your first sentence is not a fact, it is an opinino.
I don’t see how anyone can make a time recommendation at this point.
Ok finally someone coming to grips with reality here. None of these "we'll just reopen again in a few weeks when everything is all better" statements have made any sense.
So your position is that people can take at face value that the reported confirmed cases is the entirety of the spread of coronavirus? And we should be making decisions based on that number alone?
Nope, but you can try to mince words if you want to. I'm saying the the CDC knows more than any of us, but if you think you are more informed than them, go ahead and tell us how they are wrong. They present their best reports on what we need and should do with the information they have. Too many times people are drinking the rumor mill kool-aid and feeding it at the same time.
Do you go to the Doctor and if they tell you that meds won't support whatever illness you have, go out on the black market and get some meds instead? I go by the experts reports. Sometimes they are wrong, but they are right more times than the laypeople are who are feeding the rumor mill.
What if there are still cases in Iowa in August? How do you justify opening schools then? If you're wanting to close schools now, I don't see how you open them for another year. There's going to always be someone in Iowa that's been diagnosed until a vaccine is ready.
Exactly - if the stance is zero tolerance on the front end it likely needs to be that way on the back end too, and that just isn’t realistic.
Didn't realize that we had so many infectious disease experts on CF.
The amazing thing is it seems to be the same people who portray themselves as experts in all subject matters that pop up on CF. Truly modern day geniuses
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