>>45707>>45708Honestly at this point I gave up on following Covid in the US, because it's a colossal clusterfuck that makes no sense as an outsider.
Bydlo here stopped wearing masks when not in a store or on public transport, judging by the news-footage I saw a couple of days ago about local flower and bread-festivals and such.
The big issue is that on September 1st, lower education will reopen, and by the end of the first week, higher education will too. It'll increase public transport usage by ~40% in the capital.
You can't have the kids sit 1.5 metres from each other like the government recommends, because there's not enough room in most schools for that.
The issue is that if they order education to be digital again, the parents won't stand for it.
(Especially in the lower grades where a disproportionate amount of teaching would fall on them, which they wouldn't be able to handle. At best, the parent is tired, at worst, we'll have a generation of kids who have shaky academic foundations because of corona.)(At least this is what I've found to be the general sentiment while talking about the state of the education during the rona with colleagues.)
Some universities plan on using "hybrid-systems" where some classes would be online, some would be held in person.
The situation isn't too bad right now, we have less than 1000 diagnosed cases (of which less than 100 require hospital care) and we have a large stockpile of ventilators and PPE. (Not to mention some of the national oil company's plants were re-purposed to produce hand sanitizer, and the penal-system handles local mask-production.)
Though the gubmint said they'll publish their plans for September sometimes next week, which should be interesting.
>Virus becoming more deadly
Unless it becomes LESS infectious, it won't get more or less deadly, because there's no selective pressure on it to change the mortality rate, simply because it infects people BEFORE the symptoms start.
I don't think any country allows Americans to travel. The US allowed cross-Atlantic travel, but most states still uphold the two-weeks quarantine upon arrival for US-citizens.
>>45707>>45708Honestly at this point I gave up on following Covid in the US, because it's a colossal clusterfuck that makes no sense as an outsider.
Bydlo here stopped wearing masks when not in a store or on public transport, judging by the news-footage I saw a couple of days ago about local flower and bread-festivals and such.
The big issue is that on September 1st, lower education will reopen, and by the end of the first week, higher education will too. It'll increase public transport usage by ~40% in the capital.
You can't have the kids sit 1.5 metres from each other like the government recommends, because there's not enough room in most schools for that.
The issue is that if they order education to be digital again, the parents won't stand for it.
(Especially in the lower grades where a disproportionate amount of teaching would fall on them, which they wouldn't be able to handle. At best, the parent is tired, at worst, we'll have a generation of kids who have shaky academic foundations because of corona.)(At least this is what I've found to be the general sentiment while talking about the state of the education during the rona with colleagues.)
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