Sunday, June 21, 2020

Two to read

The first is this Politico piece describing the impossible position school districts are in right now:
School superintendents and principals are staring at an impossible equation. 
Governors are promising to put kids back in classrooms in a matter of weeks, but it’s mostly school officials stuck navigating the messy details of how to keep students and teachers safe and win over skeptical parents, while dealing with a budget crisis that is forcing layoffs and other cuts.
I genuinely don't know what more one can say than that: the situation is impossible. And state level leadership almost everywhere is making it harder rather than easier.

The second is this excellent Fresh Air (no pun intended) interview with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, who stresses this:
“Over and over again, it's the air that we share with each other that is critical.”
Stay outside, stay apart, be sure you've got masks on when you're closer.

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