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Excellent Article on Benefits of Children Going Back to School
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COVID-19 & School: Keeping Kids Safe
This school year, the American Academy of Pediatrics urges COVID vaccines and boosters for students, teachers and staff, masking, testing and staying home when sick. See teeps to keep your child healthy and in school, in person, which is how they learn best.
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Let Us Pray: God I ask You in Jesus' name protect our children and every student (young and old) from the coronavirus that has to go back into the classroom. Please let all the schools go virtual until it is safe to go back physically into the classroom. Keep the children, their parents, teachers, and all those that come in contact with them coronavirus free. Thank You, Jesus. Amen, so be it by faith. And by faith, it is so.
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Any parent that loves their child would rather their child play catch up in school than to visit their child at the cemetery because he/she contacted Covid-19 at school. Our Children’s lives are more important than an election. One child dying is one too many. Statistics already have shown as Dr. ### stated from the Lancet report, “the opening of schools may "only" cost us 2–3% in terms of total mortality. And if you are willing to allow your child or grandchild to be in the "only" 2-3% mortality percentile rate, I suggest you have burial insurance on that child, just in case the Covid-19 Death Angel stops by.
According to the CDC, as of July 24, 2020, 6% of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States have been among people 17 years old and under. 4.6% of that 6% have been between the ages of 5 and 17. 1.4% of the 6% have been in children under the age of 4. And those numbers will grow when you open up these schools. If it is not safe for the Governor’s Mansion or the White House to be open for tours, it is not safe for our children to be in school. Virtual Schooling is safer for children and teachers.
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Intercessor and everyone who reads this: Please do your research on this. Check the facts and numbers. I am not posting fake news or false information. If you repeat a lie often enough people will believe it. This quote is generally attributed to Dr. ###, who was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. Trump kept repeating Fake News, Fake News, Fake News!!! Well, the Coronavirus was not Fake News and hundreds of thousands of people have died from it. But enough people believe it was fake news because Trump drilled that in their heads about Fake News being reported by the media. Even Fox News downplayed the seriousness of this pandemic. And people believed Fox News and President Trump's "Fake News".
Anything I post I will do my research to make sure it is true.
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CDC Hospitalization Rate 5-17 Yr Olds
Very hard to find a weekly chart as cumulative will always appear higher by definition since it is accumulation without negating recoveries. The link here must have the blocking "accept" form minimized to close then the toggle switched to...
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BE ENCOURAGED! LOUISIANA DEM GOV CALLED FOR PRAYER AND FASTING THIS WEEK - Intercessors for America
Governor John Bel Edwards of Louisiana called on residents to fast and pray for three day, from July 20 to July 22, to bring an end to COVID-19, as
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The Encourager
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I am praying and for our children. As as the spokesperson said for the President it is a personal decision to send your child back to school. Hundreds of children have already died with COVID-19. Some with underline conditions and some without underline conditions. It is not safe for children with underline conditions to go back into the classrooms. One child dying is one too many. Statistics already have shown as Dr. ### stated from the Lancet report, “the opening of schools may "only" cost us 2–3% in terms of total mortality. 2-3% of children dying is not safe.
And even though children have milder systems than adults, they can take Covid-19 home to their parents or grandparents and they can die from this. So send your children to school at their own risk.
The ### Independent School District has developed a plan to deliver quality education during the upcoming 2020-2021 school year while ensuring the health and safety of our students, families and staff. With this in mind, all students will begin the 2020-2021 school year virtually on September 8, 2020. Virtual instruction for all students will continue for six weeks through Friday, October 16, 2020. On Monday, October 19, 2020, face-to-face instruction for all students will begin. However, this date is subject to change based on COVID-19 conditions across the City of ### and recommendations from local, state, and federal health officials.
And even though children have milder systems than adults, they can take Covid-19 home to their parents or grandparents and they can die from this. So send your children to school at their own risk.
The ### Independent School District has developed a plan to deliver quality education during the upcoming 2020-2021 school year while ensuring the health and safety of our students, families and staff. With this in mind, all students will begin the 2020-2021 school year virtually on September 8, 2020. Virtual instruction for all students will continue for six weeks through Friday, October 16, 2020. On Monday, October 19, 2020, face-to-face instruction for all students will begin. However, this date is subject to change based on COVID-19 conditions across the City of ### and recommendations from local, state, and federal health officials.
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Washington, DC—The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA) and AASA, The School Superintendents Association, join together today in the following statement on the safe return of students, teachers, and staff to schools:
“Educators and pediatricians share the goal of children returning safely to school this fall. Our organizations are committed to doing everything we can so that all students have the opportunity to safely resume in-person learning.
“We recognize that children learn best when physically present in the classroom. But children get much more than academics at school. They also learn social and emotional skills at school, get healthy meals and exercise, mental health support and other services that cannot be easily replicated online. Schools also play a critical role in addressing racial and social inequity. Our nation’s response to COVID-19 has laid bare inequities and consequences for children that must be addressed. This pandemic is especially hard on families who rely on school lunches, have children with disabilities, or lack access to Internet or health care.
“Returning to school is important for the healthy development and well-being of children, but we must pursue re-opening in a way that is safe for all students, teachers and staff. Science should drive decision-making on safely reopening schools. Public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics. We should leave it to health experts to tell us when the time is best to open up school buildings, and listen to educators and administrators to shape how we do it.
“Local school leaders, public health experts, educators and parents must be at the center of decisions about how and when to reopen schools, taking into account the spread of COVID-19 in their communities and the capacities of school districts to adapt safety protocols to make in-person learning safe and feasible. For instance, schools in areas with high levels of COVID-19 community spread should not be compelled to reopen against the judgment of local experts. A one-size-fits-all approach is not appropriate for return to school decisions.
“Reopening schools in a way that maximizes safety, learning, and the well-being of children, teachers, and staff will clearly require substantial new investments in our schools and campuses. We call on Congress and the administration to provide the federal resources needed to ensure that inadequate funding does not stand in the way of safely educating and caring for children in our schools. Withholding funding from schools that do not open in person fulltime would be a misguided approach, putting already financially strapped schools in an impossible position that would threaten the health of students and teachers.
“The pandemic has reminded so many what we have long understood: that educators are invaluable in children’s lives and that attending school in person offers children a wide array of health and educational benefits. For our country to truly value children, elected leaders must come together to appropriately support schools in safely returning students to the classroom and reopening schools.”
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About the American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org and follow us on Twitter @AmerAcadPeds
About the American Federation of Teachers
The AFT represents 1.7 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.
About the National Education Association
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org
About AASA
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
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Washington, DC—The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA) and AASA, The School Superintendents Association, join together today in the following statement on the safe return of students, teachers, and staff to schools:
“Educators and pediatricians share the goal of children returning safely to school this fall. Our organizations are committed to doing everything we can so that all students have the opportunity to safely resume in-person learning.
“We recognize that children learn best when physically present in the classroom. But children get much more than academics at school. They also learn social and emotional skills at school, get healthy meals and exercise, mental health support and other services that cannot be easily replicated online. Schools also play a critical role in addressing racial and social inequity. Our nation’s response to COVID-19 has laid bare inequities and consequences for children that must be addressed. This pandemic is especially hard on families who rely on school lunches, have children with disabilities, or lack access to Internet or health care.
“Returning to school is important for the healthy development and well-being of children, but we must pursue re-opening in a way that is safe for all students, teachers and staff. Science should drive decision-making on safely reopening schools. Public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics. We should leave it to health experts to tell us when the time is best to open up school buildings, and listen to educators and administrators to shape how we do it.
“Local school leaders, public health experts, educators and parents must be at the center of decisions about how and when to reopen schools, taking into account the spread of COVID-19 in their communities and the capacities of school districts to adapt safety protocols to make in-person learning safe and feasible. For instance, schools in areas with high levels of COVID-19 community spread should not be compelled to reopen against the judgment of local experts. A one-size-fits-all approach is not appropriate for return to school decisions.
“Reopening schools in a way that maximizes safety, learning, and the well-being of children, teachers, and staff will clearly require substantial new investments in our schools and campuses. We call on Congress and the administration to provide the federal resources needed to ensure that inadequate funding does not stand in the way of safely educating and caring for children in our schools. Withholding funding from schools that do not open in person fulltime would be a misguided approach, putting already financially strapped schools in an impossible position that would threaten the health of students and teachers.
“The pandemic has reminded so many what we have long understood: that educators are invaluable in children’s lives and that attending school in person offers children a wide array of health and educational benefits. For our country to truly value children, elected leaders must come together to appropriately support schools in safely returning students to the classroom and reopening schools.”
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About the American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. For more information, visit www.aap.org and follow us on Twitter @AmerAcadPeds
About the American Federation of Teachers
The AFT represents 1.7 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.
About the National Education Association
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional employee organization, representing more than 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org
About AASA
AASA, The School Superintendents Association, founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. AASA’s mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to equitable access for all students to the highest quality public education. For more information, visit www.aasa.org.
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Father I pray that a certain someone would truly have the "Grace To Let Others Be" and start practicing what she preaches. I have not posted on her posts, blogs or profile for 2 or 3 months and have asked her to do the same on mine but she refuses to allow peace and seeks to start a quarrel -- "The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out" (Proverbs 17:14), in Jesus' Name
I am ###. Love children the way Jesus loved all of them. Let us all fast and pray for them. They need us today and will need us in the future. The best feeling in the world will be when Jesus sends healing and cure for this virus to go away. So, whatever happens in the world. Jesus is in control of everything. So, get up, show up and be a blessing to all your children on line or inside school ground. God will bless your life and make you a shining light because you are obeying His word. Pray without ceasing.
