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HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases:
North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia, sent a letter to parents Saturday, saying, "At this time, we know there were six students and three staff members who were in school for at least some time last week who have since reported to us that they have tested positive." The letter was published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Most or even all of the six students and three staff members who tested positive could have had the virus before the school reopened on Monday, August 3. As Harvard Medical School explains, "The time from exposure to symptom onset (known as the incubation period) is thought to be three to 14 days, though symptoms typically appear within four or five days after exposure," and "a person with COVID-19 may be contagious 48 to 72 hours before starting to experience symptoms."
[...] As we reported Friday, the school issued a five-day suspension to student Hannah Watters after she posted a photo to Twitter, noting the "jammed" hallways and "10 percent mask rate." The school lifted her suspension after extensive media coverage. One other unnamed student who was suspended for a similar reason also had the suspension reversed, the Journal-Constitution said.
Students attended class in person only on Monday through Wednesday, as the district said it conducted a short first week "so that all of our schools can step back and assess how things are going so far."
Update at 6:50pm ET: North Paulding High School announced Sunday that it has canceled in-person instruction for Monday and Tuesday, August 10 and 11, because of the nine positive cases and "the possibility that number could increase if there are currently pending tests that prove positive." The school said that on Tuesday evening, parents and students will be notified about whether in-person instruction will resume on Wednesday. Remote learning will continue while the school is closed.
Previously:
(2020-08-08) Pupils Who Shared Photos of Packed Corridor of Maskless Georgia Students Suspended
(Score: 2, Disagree) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 12 2020, @05:56PM (11 children)
Nowhere have I suggested any such thing. You don't get to spin things outside of reality.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:05PM (9 children)
Let's see, 75% of 2000 students get COVID, that's 1500 students. 99% of the 1500 recover leaving 15 that don't. That's about a classroom worth.
Put another way, that one school shooter with a couple magazines and a 9mm per school. Still sound good?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 12 2020, @06:12PM (3 children)
Where the heck are you, that has a teacher-to-student ratio of 15 or better?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:25PM (2 children)
Georgia. But it's been decades since I went to school there.
Nevertheless, is 15 students not recovering per school really acceptable? Especially when there are alternatives?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:43PM (1 child)
Well if we want to reductio ad absurdum the argument, you can't put a pricetag on even 1 human life.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2020, @02:12AM
Of course not. But definitely worth a expending few on lower gas prices. I'm not saying you can put a price on it, but if a few soldiers die and I can fill my tank for less than $50 it's worth it.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:06PM (4 children)
A good point.
Let's go even further though.
There are ~51 million [educationdata.org] k-12 students in the US.
If 75% are infected, that's ~37.5 million infections. If 1% of those kids die, that's 375,000 dead kids.
According to the CDC [cdc.gov], in normal times, less than 10,000 children under 18 die.
How about we cough and spittle on Runaway's grandkids. I'm sure he won't mind -- they'd just be part of that tiny (375,000) number of dead kids.
That's okay with you, isn't it Runaway?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday August 12 2020, @07:26PM (2 children)
When you send kids to school, you are intentionally putting them into an environment where they cough and sneeze on each other all day long. That has been part of the objection to opening the schools back up all along. Schools are breeding grounds for every disease known to man.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday August 12 2020, @09:12PM (1 child)
And that's why it is foolish to send them to school during a pandemic unless you're trying to get rid of them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2020, @02:14AM
Dude give up, the RunawayDoucheBag has been schooled and still keeps on dribbling out his lame bullshit.
(Score: 2) by srobert on Thursday August 13 2020, @12:02AM
You say that like it's a bad thing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2020, @03:02AM
Why not? You do this all the time!