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Celerity

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3. I do not have any grandchildren, I am 25yo, and barring adoption (I'm a married lesbian) will

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 8, 2022, 10:16 AM

Jan 2022

not have any, unless they perfect human parthenogenesis or are able to make artificial sperm and eggs via reprogramming human iPS cells into sperm and egg cells or some other work-around. Even then, we likely will not chose, at least as of now, to have children.

As for teachers and safety, the majority of school systems have protocols in place that are workable.

Society simply cannot punish and harm children (by ending in person instruction for long stretches at a time) due to the fact a minority of assholes in the US refuse to get vaxxed and/or mask, etc.

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As Teachers' Unions Push for Remote Schooling Again, Parents Worry. So Do Democrats. [View all] Celerity Jan 2022 OP

I don't like remote teaching, BUT, one of our great-grandchildren in high school marie999 Jan 2022 #1

You and I worry about our grandkids..... Mine? Three school systems and two of three have shut down. 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #2

I do not have any grandchildren, I am 25yo, and barring adoption (I'm a married lesbian) will Celerity Jan 2022 #3

Yes, but we need to keep in mind that Covid leaves lasting effects on the human body... secondwind Jan 2022 #5

Protocols to ensure as much safety as is reasonably possible need to be adhered to, but the Celerity Jan 2022 #6

Another consequence of putting all the chips on the vaccine and then failing to nimbly keep up with WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #4

There's a lot to unpack here dsc Jan 2022 #7

In my southern Illinois HS of 2100 we opened Wednesday but... jcgoldie Jan 2022 #8

This is a classic case of chickens coming home to roost. Reader Rabbit Jan 2022 #9

True XanaDUer2 Jan 2022 #10

Well said. nt crickets Jan 2022 #11