As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths increase, they are now officially calling this the "Second Wave" for the deadly pandemic.
My goodness! I mean, for those of us who have paid attention to the science, we knew this was coming - but it really hits home as more and more people are getting sick.
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(From the article above)
Some naysayers on the internet are trying to say that the numbers are only going up because testing is increasing - but to that I reply, "that means the numbers should have always been higher, which means you should take this situation even more seriously, not less so." The Texas numbers have increased, in part, due to outbreaks at prisons and the fact that we have now tested the people in the prisons. That, in no way, negates the seriousness of this article.
The fact that nursing homes and prisons are the areas where the virus spreads the easiest makes me very fearful for the children and the possibility of returning to school classrooms in the fall. I have heard the virus is easily spreading in daycares as well. You put a bunch of people close together in a building with the AC pushing the air around them without proper social distancing - and eating together in close proximity and it's a recipe for disaster. I don't think we can guarantee the safety of the children. And yet, the schools continue to say "let's wait and see" for plans for the fall.
I suspect the school districts are waiting for official word from state governors and state education associations, but I assume the realists out there have to be predicting that it will be difficult to justify in-person classroom learning while the coronavirus case numbers are continuing to increase. Who knows what will happen? Only time will tell. I, for one, am willing to do everything I can to improve the online learning environment if it means keeping kids safe.
Be safe out there (and I'll be safe in here)!
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