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Chicago Teachers Union is now demanding a citywide 3% test positivity threshold to determine whether schools can reopen for in-person instruction.
This is what happened in New York City
They closed the schools based on an arbitrary and low 3% citywide positivity rate
But the positivity rate in the schools was only 0.19%.
Governor Cuomo & Mayor de Blasio both admitted they weren't seeing spread in the schools.
They closed the schools based on an arbitrary and low 3% citywide positivity rate
But the positivity rate in the schools was only 0.19%.
Governor Cuomo & Mayor de Blasio both admitted they weren't seeing spread in the schools.
From the Chicago Teachers Union's latest demands:
They are also demanding:
• "No simultaneous instruction"
• "Rent abatement"
• "Counselors Not Cops"
• "Local committee has the ability to stop work if conditions are unsafe"
https://www.ctulocal1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CTU-Demands.pdf
• "No simultaneous instruction"
• "Rent abatement"
• "Counselors Not Cops"
• "Local committee has the ability to stop work if conditions are unsafe"
https://www.ctulocal1.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CTU-Demands.pdf
Dr. Fauci: "The default position should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school or to get them back to school [...] if you look at the data the spread among children and from children is not really big at all"
UNICEF: "Data from 191 countries shows no consistent link between reopening schools and increased rates of coronavirus infection." https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/11/18/unicef-schools-are-not-main-drivers-of-covid-among-kids-1337119
CDC Director: "the data clearly shows us that you can operate these schools in face-to-face learning in a safe and responsible way." https://www.foxnews.com/health/schools-coronavirus-transmission-redfield.amp?__twitter_impression=true
"Schools Aren't Super-Spreaders" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/
"Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data makes the case." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/20/covid-19-schools-data-reopening-safety/?arc404=true
"In-person schooling does not appear to increase the risk of covid-19 transmission for staff and students, according to data from New York state."
Governor Cuomo: "We're not seeing spread in the schools.
You see a very low percentage of positivity in the schools."
You see a very low percentage of positivity in the schools."
"So why close the schools?"
Cuomo: "well because the agreement [...] the local school districts consulted their parents, the teachers at the time, the teachers union at the time, and they came up with an agreement."
Cuomo: "well because the agreement [...] the local school districts consulted their parents, the teachers at the time, the teachers union at the time, and they came up with an agreement."
