My in-laws are from South Dakota and it is like living on different worlds. With the exception of mother and father-in-law the rest of my wife's family just don't see it in the same light. And we are talking about educated, liberal professionals.whatever it is you're doing, it's a bold strategy North Dakota, let's see if it pays off...
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"Tragedy is if I stub my toe. Comedy is if you fall in a manhole and die."My in-laws are from South Dakota and it is like living on different worlds. With the exception of mother and father-in-law the rest of my wife's family just don't see it in the same light. And we are talking about educated, liberal professionals.
A related concern came up during Dr. Fauci's talk. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has been concerned about children not being represented in vaccine trials and the president of the AAP pushed him for an answer on how vaccine approval would be handled for children. He gave a very non-specific answer. Which is understandable I guess given current uncertainty.Just saw a story today that the WHO is preparing people for the potential that a vaccine for the youngest, healthiest people won't be available until 2022. The limits on production and distribution will mean the most at-risk get it first, and it could take all of 2021 for the higher-risk tranches to be vaccinated. That would definitely impact our family's travel plans with our teenager.
I’m so sorry this is your situation. Is this for second semester or is the transition immediate? I don’t think it’s fair at all to make your daughter drop her AP class! Our school district isn’t offering every class virtually and my kids had to adjust some of their classes, but it was prior to the start of the school year. I would push back since her AP class is most likely a year long class, some school districts here are paying the tuition for an online school for classes that aren’t offered. Maybe they could do that for your daughter?We had fooled ourselves into thinking that by enrolling the girls in virtual school their schedules would be more 'stable' as cases increase and they have to shut down schools, etc., etc. Because they have a (significant?) number of kids returning to school they have to transition some of the virtual classes to in person. That makes sense and I get that they are trying to do what is best for the kids in person - spacing them out, etc. Elder daughter's schedule is so specific (pre-AP classes and electives only offered one period) that she will have to transition one of her classes from pre-AP to on-level. The other options were to drop every elective she is currently in for one she took last year or return to in-person classes.It's not the end of the world, I know, but it does leave us wondering what happens at the end of the next grading period if even more kids want to return to in-person classes? Should we be opening ourselves up to the possibility that we may have to send them back to in-person classes whether we want to or not?
You had me curious about that stat because with small numbers % increase can make the problem seem bigger than it really is, so I looked up the stats. The province I live in has the same population size as ND(780k here) is mostly rural & an older demographic and has a Conservative, business-oriented government. So very comparable.
I can't comment on North Dakota but I can on South Dakota, which isn't really any better and very similar demographically. I think there is still a lot of head stuck in the sand going on. My wife's home county has a rolling 7-day average of daily new cases in the mid to high 60's per 100k, and they are doing better than their neighboring counties. Three of the seven surrounding counties have daily new cases in the triple digits per 100k.You had me curious about that stat because with small numbers % increase can make the problem seem bigger than it really is, so I looked up the stats. The province I live in has the same population size as ND(780k here) is mostly rural & an older demographic and has a Conservative, business-oriented government. So very comparable.
We’ve had just over 300 cases and 3 deaths. Total since the pandemic began.
ND has had over 33,000 cases & 400 deaths. What the actual...? I can’t even get my head around what that does to family, communities & the economy in this small a place where we seem to have no more than a few degrees of separation from each other.
It seems as though much of the growth here too is due to parties, family gatherings etc. rather than large gatherings in public places - which makes it harder to develop or enforce restrictions that are going to make a difference. Realistically there's only so much you can do to regulate what people do in their own homes. And with as long as this has been going, and is going to continue, I think we have to have a more nuanced understanding of what is risky and how to respond than just telling everyone to just lock down indefinitely, which isn't going to work. But then people take that as license to do whatever they want (as opposed to limiting interactions to very small numbers, distancing, outdoors, masks, etc., all of which can substantially reduce risk).In Ireland the second wave is mainly due to house parties/house visits and much less % to people traveling against the advice and not isolating after travel, meat factories, sports games being allowed to go ahead and players and fans drinking and partying after the games, house parties, pubs reopening and they won't say it but I think schools being back. The area I live in was 35 per 100,14 days average one week and 105 next, settled to 85. We had good plan but there were no any penalties for not following the restrictions. There is one small area that had nearly no cases few weeks ago and current 14 day average is 533 entirely linked to one sports club, one game win and celebrations.
I think the police are getting more rights to deal with rule breaking including fines and I hope this help. We did so well to cut the numbers first time around but the reality is we relaxed too early and we didn't enforce rules
I googled North Dakota ICU beds per population and they aren't good. I thought Ireland is bad. Raising numbers and no facilities to treat people isn't good match.
It actually doesn't require a nuanced understanding. It really is this simple:I think we have to have a more nuanced understanding of what is risky and how to respond than just telling everyone to just lock down indefinitely
But #3 is what is keeping the lockdown going indefinitely. No one can go back to work, back to school, back to the grocery store, back to normal living, until we decide to let people be indoors together. The nuances are going to be in "how much risk are you willing to take, and how much risk should the gathering place allow?"It actually doesn't require a nuanced understanding. It really is this simple:
1. Wear a mask
2. Maintain physical distancing
3. Avoid large groups, especially indoors
4. Wash your hands frequently
It's not going to go away if allowed to thrive and multiply. Another nuance.Because this virus is going to go away, decisions have to be made by each individual, and each business owner.
yeah, I just saw that and edited it. We will have this virus around for the foreseeable future.It's not going to go away if allowed to thrive and multiply. Another nuance.