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Old 07-10-2020, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Choro&Swing View Post
You are right that college professors are not at more risk than are the other groups you mention. Perhaps less! Elementary and secondary teachers are in a similar position. They all need to take great care. I do know that many viruses go around, and I did accept that. I was careful enough that I was able to accumulate 370 days of sick leave. My intent was not to complain that teachers have it hard. My intent was to answer the original question regarding what is likely to happen this school year. I think many colleges will end up returning to online teaching by mid-semester. This will affect the economy in ways many people haven’t considered. In the town where my university is located, the school is by far the biggest employer, and many of those employees are local people.
I think that the colleges should reopen their campuses. Period. All of this strange, and quite frankly UNscientific freaking out over this thing is disturbing - especially in higher learning. If someone needs to avoid human contact then they can distance learn.