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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties are now reporting #COVID19 outbreaks in schools.
BREAKING: 71 of Mississippi's 82 counties are now reporting #COVID19 outbreaks in schools.
Confirmed Cases:
Students: 199
Teachers: 245
Quarantined (for 2 weeks):
Students: 2,035
Teachers: 589
And consider this: Dozens of schools just had their first day of class TODAY.
Link to tweet
?s=20
Sympthsical
(9,076 posts)Eh. I can't even finish the sentiment.
There's a certain irony in the idea that the people who teach against evolution are the ones who will die out first.
triron
(22,007 posts)magicarpet
(14,155 posts)(Says Fatsolini.)
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)so very predictable.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)In a week, 0.4% are quarantined.
Ignoring potentially exponential growth, 1 in 25 students across the state could be in quarantine before the first quarter ends.
Given that idiot they put in the governor's office, I'm not sure it won't be worse.
malaise
(269,062 posts)who am I to stop them? I'm only sorry for those who are against this madness but still have to go to work
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)riversedge
(70,243 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Georgia has already had a catastrophic school opening. All of the states with idiots for governors who want to "reopen" too fast and without a care in the world are going to see this kind of stuff, and those governors will be ok with it. They seem to be more like Trump and have no concern about their fellow human beings. Dead inside or sadistic? I don't know which.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Voltaire2
(13,070 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)for a king's ransom. I would whip out my contract and get a doctor's note for a leave of absence, paid or not. I did it before and wouldn't hesitate for a nanosecond to do it again now.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)all the kids back in school together. THEN, you will see the real spike in cases...and probably devastation.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)RANDYWILDMAN
(2,672 posts)They (top education officials knew better)
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)grandkids up for online learning for first semester anyway.
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)Will American voters figure it out?
Initech
(100,081 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)... from either getting it or passing it on.
I just don't know who to trust any more. I'm going to take some oleander oil just in case. Or maybe a bleach injection? Like a cleansing.
PhylliPretzel
(140 posts)Lose a year of school?
or
Lose a child?
DBoon
(22,369 posts)scar tissue in the lungs will be a lifelong disability
I hope everyone is okay. I hope this country becomes sane in the near future.
I don't count on these two things, but I do hope.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Reality makes liars of them all.
crickets
(25,981 posts)Also, low income kids will be home for lunch just in time for many of the food centers to close at September's end. Mississippians are getting so let down by their own government. The utter lack of sensible planning is so sad.
Mississippi to close 13 food centers for low-income mothers
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213923407
spanone
(135,844 posts)MissB
(15,810 posts)Especially the teachers.
And the parents that need school so they can work? Theyre screwed too.
Sigh.
Alll of this would be handled soooooo much better with an actual administration that cared about the country.