Redlener: Wrong To Close Schools But Not Bars Over Covid-19 Surge | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

MSNBC Public Health Analyst Dr. Irwin Redlener, who is also a pediatrician, says it's wrong for officials to start closing schools while leaving bars and restaurants open. Aired on 11/18/2020.

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[JaneDoe-ijls]

I agree about the bars and restaurants....but we need to protect teachers, as well as everyone's families!

[justmejustme]

If we would close the bars, restaurants and gyms we could keep the schools open.... We got it all bass as usuals. We been influenced by trump way to long.

[Just-a-bystander]

In Europe they are keeping kids in school and closing bars. Perhaps they have “their” priorities straight.

[BILL_COSBY_ASMR]

If we did it right back in March we wouldnt be here now. Thanks trump.

[jgale]

Until state curves stop rising, children and teachers must stay home or you'll never contain the spread.

[MrEhole]

If you have the money to eat out at these restaurants and bars anyway, then you are fortunate. Think of your fellow man.

[allisonkyte]

MANY schools are in session. Teachers’ and other staffs’ lives are being put at risk daily. Community spread is elevated due to this exposure of students and staff then going home. 20-30 people are crammed into rooms the size of large living rooms and told to distance (not possible). Then we switch these classes several times a day and re-mix these contacts with a new non-spaced groups of kids and staff. Masks are not worn properly (noses out and gaps allowed) and proper masks are not required (face shields and thin masks allowed, even for those who don’t have medical exemptions). Teachers are muzzled to speak out about that. I am a very capable teacher. I am ready. I have prepared my students well for if we go virtual. We can keep teaching safely from home. We WILL keep teaching safely and effectively from home. Trust your teachers. High schools need to be closed. Elementary needs help too. We are stretched to the breaking point with what we have been asked to do this year... teach almost all in-person, plan for the ones who have to quarantine and be at home, plan for hybrid students, do it at a moment’s notice and all at once, and told to be positive and it will only be for a little while. Enough.

[glimmeringsea]

Schools opened in cohorts in certain areas. Two weeks later: The coronavirus laughed and said " how dare defy me!!" Then schools have began to shut down again. What a waste of time and exposing school staff the way districts have just because some parents complained without taking into consideration many parents who want to keep their kids safe too.

[donaldbingham]

Kids have to go to school; drunks choose to go to bars.

[leezafrazee]

And you can shop at Macy's, this is so messed up!!!

[fananimation]

Thats a goofball statement to say it's wrong to close school's.

[peterkanayo]

Both schools and bars should be closed. Case solved duh

[fadedxxautumn]

Agreed about the bars and restaurants; however, as others have mentioned, better safety measures and protections need to be in place for teachers, staff, and students. Real PPE, N95 masks, better ventilation, capacity for social distancing. I work in a school and my room is TINY, there is no social distancing in my room, period. Also, I hope teachers and staff are on the short list for the vaccine. On another note, if bars and restaurants have to shut down, the federal government needs to provide financial assistance to individuals who will be out of work and to small businesses. As we know, the federal government has completed fumbled the public health and financial aspects of this pandemic, so I'm absolutely certain to financial assistance is coming any time soon.

[EWLadyK]

I live in Minnesota our governor closed bars, restaurants, gyms and the schools are doing hybrid class schedules or closed and online. Our covid numbers are out of control...

[prxZen]

Heavily depends on what regulations are in place in those restaurants snd bars. And how strictly / effectively they are followed. Bars are tough ones to do, but some(!) restaurants have solutions, locales and equipment enabling safe operations. Including everything from soundly segregated customer areas, to converting to takeout.

[jaysmart]

Yeah, that's kinda weird bars weren't closed.

[rgwak]

My go-to drink before corona: Whiskey and Faucet
My go-to drink during the corona: Whisky and Faucet with a twist of lime! 😛

[gaetanovindigni]

Georgia, vote Blue in 21 and 22!!
Reject the boor in 24!!!

[busyteachermom]

How come I rarely hear the news report that our schools have no subs? We had teachers out with Covid, and nobody to cover their classrooms. Sure, those classrooms can go online, but who's going to teach them when we have classrooms full of students for 7 hours? We don't get a break, not even to pee, and students eat lunch in the classrooms, so masks off for everyone at once. I can't take care of another classroom of kids when I have my own. We just went fully online, because of all the staff having to quarantine or who have Covid. Trust me, I'd rather teach these kids in person, even without a break. It's better for our students and their parents, too. But, it has just become impossible with our high positivity rate and with hospitals filling up. My kids are still learning through many small online Zooms and interactive computer programs (that they actually like), and I teach a kindergarten/first grade split. But it's just going to have to take cooperation from the community. I agree, bars should be closed, but those workers need some compensation as do our parents stuck at home with their kids. They also need some guarantee that they will have their position after the businesses reopen.

[jsweety]

Why don’t you give a stimulus checks y’all want to close down things but not give anybody any money this is crazy