D&D and the rising pandemic

[Dannyalcatraz]

The "live free or die" crowd (sorry New Hampshire) haven't considered that it might be "live free and die.”

“…and take some other with you.”

 

[Cadence]

One of the elementary schools in our district must have hit the 5% threshold (or run out of teachers/staff) It's going virtual for two weeks. Classes started the 16th.

 

[Zardnaar]

Well 9 days ago they found a single case. Lockdown. Now have 300+ cases in two cities.
On the plus side lockdown outside those cities us going down to level 3 and contact tracers seem to be on it.

 

[Umbran]

So, a judge has ruled that Florida Governor DeSantis overstepped his authority - the State has a constitutional requirement to offer safe and secure schools for learning, so DeSantis' order is unconstitutional.

Or, in other words, he can go pound sand.

Florida Judge Throws Out Gov. Ron DeSantis' Order Prohibiting School Mask Mandates

The judge said DeSantis overstepped his authority when he ordered schools not to require masks for students. COVID-19, especially the delta variant, is spreading rapidly across the Florida.

www.npr.org

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

The "live free or die" crowd (sorry New Hampshire) ....

So, today's fun thought.

Just think about the people making those license plates! That's gotta suck.

(sorry, couldn't resist the joke ... way too depressing right now to think about COVID ... the head doctor of the local hospital just said he was so frustrated with the sheer stupidity of the local/state government that we was about to quit, so ... yeah. Good times!)

 

[Cadence]

If my son weren't already virtual for the semester (a state-wide charter), he would be now for at least a while. Our local middle school has gone virtual too -- joining one of the grade schools.

The district wide numbers earlier this week were changing pretty quickly:

[District] TOTAL REPORTED AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 26
Staff cases: 28
Student cases: 144

[District] TOTAL REPORTED AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25
Staff cases: 16
Student cases: 133

As of yesterday, the middle school (6th-8th grade) that closed was reporting:

NORTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Confirmed positive staff cases: 4
Confirmed positive student cases: 17

Northside Middle on temporary remote instruction

The remote period -- a result of the impact of COVID on students, staff and school operations -- starts Aug. 30. With new DHEC guidelines, students are now scheduled to return to in-person learning on campus on Sept. 7.

nms.lex2.org

 

[Cadence]

If my son weren't already virtual for the semester (a state-wide charter), he would be now. Our local middle school has gone virtual too -- joining one of the grade schools.

The district wide numbers earlier this week were changing pretty quickly:

[District] TOTAL REPORTED AS OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 26
Staff cases: 28
Student cases: 144

[District] TOTAL REPORTED AS OF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25
Staff cases: 16
Student cases: 133

As of yesterday, the middle school (6th-8th grade) that closed was reporting:

NORTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Confirmed positive staff cases: 4
Confirmed positive student cases: 17

Northside Middle on temporary remote instruction

The remote period -- a result of the impact of COVID on students, staff and school operations -- starts Aug. 30. With new DHEC guidelines, students are now scheduled to return to in-person learning on campus on Sept. 7.

nms.lex2.org

In a nearby district, "Centerville Elementary School in Gilbert will shift to online instruction for two weeks after the number of students with diagnosed cases of COVID-19, COVID-like symptoms or an exposure to someone with the virus added up to 41% of the student body. Fifteen percent of staff are also currently excluded from school."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

@Umbran

I thought your wife (among others) might enjoy this:

 

[Guest 7030100]

I don't want to believe that civilization is utterly doomed, but recent times have seriously tested my optimism.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I was looking elsewhere at the postings of someone who “infiltrated” an antivax group that was going “all-in” on ivermectin. He posted several messages of members who were metaphorically and literally s******g themselves. Many had soiled themselves in public and were concerned that this might not be normal.

One of the respondents to his post noted it was even worse than he implied, saying that people from that group (and other similar ones) who had taken ivermectin were now asking about “ropeworms”, and advised not to Google the term- results would be NSFW.

When asked what “ropeworms” were, that poster revealed it was images of people who had sloughed off their intestinal linings and thought they were some kind of parasite, and were hoping somebody could ID them.