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Mike Pence: The best expert I know on coronavirus school policy is my wife Karen
Published 2 hours ago
on July 8, 2020
By Travis Gettys
Vice President Mike Pence cited his wife, a teacher, as an expert on reopening schools during a deadly pandemic.
The White House has purposefully politicized the decision to send the nations children back to school, with President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos threatening to cut funding for districts that dont reopen.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/mike-pence-the-best-expert-i-know-on-coronavirus-school-policy-is-my-wife-karen/
Shell_Seas
(3,333 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,042 posts)Botany
(70,513 posts)The surge is occurring because America reopened before COVID-19 was contained.
https://prospect.org/coronavirus/trump-owns-covid-19/
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Child care and education is the responsibility of the little woman, don'tchaknow.
torius
(1,652 posts)Karens
Shermann
(7,423 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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Caliman73
(11,738 posts)Yes, children are suffering from lack of socialization. It is a strain on parents who rely on school as a place of learning and where they know the kids are going to be for hours so they can work. It is a bad situation that all parents of school age children, and teachers experienced during the last school year.
However, the AAP is not advocating "just getting the kids back to school". No responsible teacher is advocating just sending the kids back in. Pence and his wife are nobodies in this discussion. Pence only because he is the vice president, but he knows absolutely nothing other than it is politically necessary for his boss to have the schools reopen. Karen Pence is neither a full time teacher, nor does she have any public health experience or any understanding of the virus. If she is the best expert the Pence knows on the topic, then it is a testimony of how incompetent Pence is, along with the rest of the Trump administration.
We need to have the virus under control to have schools reopen. That is the bottom line. Right now, it is not under any control whatsoever. The Trump administration does not care and will advance whatever bullshit it needs to to get their political win.
The CDC relaxing its conditions based on Trump's pressure, further erodes confidence in the government to be a partner in this situation.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)her husband to detention centers on our southern border last year and was apparently quite fine with what she saw there. What she witnessed included children who had been torn from their parents and placed in cages, and were, according to child development experts, in the process of being traumatized for life.
2naSalit
(86,643 posts)Made pretty short work of a whole bunch of stuff!