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knit1purr2So unless you have been living on Mars for the last 3 years, you know COVID is a thing. COVID and peoples different levels of risk and caring about their fellow humans as lead to people having to do their risk calculus to figure out what they are comfortable with.
I know that my own risk calculus involves the following
Now kiddo is in Kindergarten, and in September, numbers were down, the school required everyone to be masked, numbers weren't great but decided it was worth it.
It is now January, all the numbers are now higher then they have every been before and schools are pushing to have kids back in the classroom. We have another school district that has decided to go back to virtual for 2 weeks because the numbers in December were already starting to grow. Why can't my school district decide to go virtual for just 2 week to get through this surge? There was a 4th grader in our district that already died of COVID. No child should lose their life to this. No teacher should lose their life to this.
As far as I can tell, very few students and teachers LIKE doing virtual school, but sometimes we need to do something we dislike so that it is safe to go back to doing the things we do like.
So we have decided that this week my kid will not go to school. Due to our current calculations, that is what is going to work best for us. And now I know that a state of emergency (which MD just went back under) is considered a lawful absence. So that is a fun fact to know.
I know that my own risk calculus involves the following
- How many people
- Who are the people (strangers, friends)
- What kind of policies are in place (mask mandates, requiring vaccines)
- Currently number of cases/hospitalizations/deaths
- What things will I have to give up if I am exposed/get covid
- Current Mental Health
- My families health conditions
- Is this a 1 time event/annual/something that I can wait for
- Plus other factors
Now kiddo is in Kindergarten, and in September, numbers were down, the school required everyone to be masked, numbers weren't great but decided it was worth it.
It is now January, all the numbers are now higher then they have every been before and schools are pushing to have kids back in the classroom. We have another school district that has decided to go back to virtual for 2 weeks because the numbers in December were already starting to grow. Why can't my school district decide to go virtual for just 2 week to get through this surge? There was a 4th grader in our district that already died of COVID. No child should lose their life to this. No teacher should lose their life to this.
As far as I can tell, very few students and teachers LIKE doing virtual school, but sometimes we need to do something we dislike so that it is safe to go back to doing the things we do like.
So we have decided that this week my kid will not go to school. Due to our current calculations, that is what is going to work best for us. And now I know that a state of emergency (which MD just went back under) is considered a lawful absence. So that is a fun fact to know.
