Covid-19 discussion, continued...

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

 I wish we could quit talking about Covid. 

100% this.  I'm sorry, but we are only talking about COVID because of the politicization of it all.  We are not talking about it because of the medical ramifications.  Anything and everything aside from the politicization of it is distantly secondary.

Saw where Centerville schools went no masks for school.  They are one of the largest districts in the syate

posted by Fletch

Saw where Centerville schools went no masks for school.  They are one of the largest districts in the syate

Blanchester axed them back in late April before anyone else….they’ll definitely not go the mask route unless forced.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Yes, get vaccinated. Because, what is it like 99% of the deaths are unvaccinated. Yeah, I know we won't get to great vaccination rates anytime soon because of people being stupid, but also people not having access or the ability to get it. 

There is a large portion of the population that have a very good chance of not having serious reactions to the virus. Of those, there is a ~50% subset who have a low risk of a VERY serious side effect from the vaccines. My son falls into this group. He will not be vaccinated and even though it's my choice and opinion that he not be vaccinated, his Cardiologist is the one who told me that he is in no circumstance to get this vaccine until the medical community can determine the exact cause of the myocarditis issues and they understand the long term risk of it to someone with major heart problems like my son's.

So to my son "get his shit together" means wear a mask when he can't eliminate the risk of close contact. We are fine with that.

posted by j_crazy

There is a large portion of the population that have a very good chance of not having serious reactions to the virus. Of those, there is a ~50% subset who have a low risk of a VERY serious side effect from the vaccines. My son falls into this group. He will not be vaccinated and even though it's my choice and opinion that he not be vaccinated, his Cardiologist is the one who told me that he is in no circumstance to get this vaccine until the medical community can determine the exact cause of the myocarditis issues and they understand the long term risk of it to someone with major heart problems like my son's.

So to my son "get his shit together" means wear a mask when he can't eliminate the risk of close contact. We are fine with that.

No doubt about it in the case of your son. And I hope he stays healthy. There are undoubtedly many people in this circumstance. As a responsible family, you are taking the necessary precautions. 

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posted by Fletch

Saw where Centerville schools went no masks for school.  They are one of the largest districts in the syate

8000 isnt small but definitely not one of the largest

posted by geeblock

8000 isnt small but definitely not one of the largest

Looks like top 20. How many districts in the state?

posted by justincredible

Looks like top 20. How many districts in the state?

its top 20, but there is a big disparity between the top 10 and top 20.  Not sure how many total districts.  It only has 12 buildings for example.  2700 in its high school which is a big number but overall its not very condensed.  CCS has 115 buildings in contrast.

https://www.niche.com/k12/search/largest-school-districts/s/ohio/

posted by justincredible

Looks like top 20. How many districts in the state?

600, give or take.

Im not saying its small but i would group it more with the "mid range" group of schools from 5-8000 than i would group it with the "largest"

posted by geeblock

Im not saying its small but i would group it more with the "mid range" group of schools from 5-8000 than i would group it with the "largest"

I'd disagree. Tossing out the top three as outliers (the 3 C's) gives a better measure of large districts. Dublin, Hillard, Olentangy, etc. are certainly large districts in my book.

Centerville is in the top 3% in the state…..so it’s a damn big school in Ohio 

posted by queencitybuckeye

I'd disagree. Tossing out the top three as outliers (the 3 C's) gives a better measure of large districts. Dublin, Hillard, Olentangy, etc. are certainly large districts in my book.

dublin, hilliard and olentangy I would call large for sure..they are up in the 16,000 range and with their proximity to the city are way more condensed.  they also have double the amount of buildings in a much smaller area.  its splitting hairs, but when it comes to covid, proximity and amount of buildings also matter.  Some of the country schools, I almost could include olentangy in that, even tho they have a lot of students, their populations are more spread out. Its not something i am saying anyone is wrong, just providing context.

Look, I hate to agree with Splotch as well but he's not wrong.

posted by Ironman92

Centerville is in the top 3% in the state…..so it’s a damn big school in Ohio 

it does have a big high school, i didnt say it was small, but there are also schools with 50 students in ohio. 

Cleveland Metropolitan School District is mandating masks for all students and staff this year.

About that 99.x% of deaths are unvaccinated claim floating around...

https://whdh.com/news/80-fully-vaccinated-mass-residents-have-died-from-covid-19-as-breakthrough-cases-surpass-5000/

Columbus said a few weeks ago that we would be back with no masks and full capacity, but now with cases going up im afraid thats not going to happen and i got rid of most of my masks. smh.  I am currently teaching summer school and we have to wear them.

Btw, that stat came from the AP analyzing CDC data from the past 6 months and essentially guessing a number. A very wrong guess I would bet.