Los Angeles schools, concerned about the Covid epidemic, will not reopen…
… Unless charter schools are shut down.Because epidemic. And shut up.
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Cranking Open The Big Brass Nozzle Of Truth Since 2002
Man.
Sarah Hoyt at Instapundit this morning reported on a Babylon Bee post, “Genius Trump Wears Mask Causing Media To Question Effectiveness Of Masks“.
Poe’s Law is really getting a workout of late.
Explains so much…
This is a real opportunity to create a sea change. If parents are forced to homeschool their kids, many will suddenly realize how beneficial it is for both them and their kids.
There is no better way to close the door on the Poz.
Going through some relevant headlines today:
MSNBC host dumbfounded as his panel of pediatricians unanimously support schools reopening
HCQ Helps Contain COVID-19 Cases: New Evidence and a Major Retraction
NYC Weekend: Shooting Victims Far Exceed Coronavirus Deaths
But, SCIENCEtm!
The CEO of Delta says the airline recovery has come to a stall, thanks to the surge in virus cases. “There’s a lot of risk because it’s hard forecasting what’s going to happen with the virus,”
When airline CEOs use terms like “stall” and “taking a nosedive” are they being metaphorical?
TJ;DR (Thread-jack, Emery didn’t read the post.)
^^ Free political advice: Quit the whining and half-baked partisan stunts and focus on beating the virus. That would have a huge electoral impact.
Huge rollback for the world’s fifth largest economy.
California governor shuts churches, businesses as COVID-19 cases surge
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california-idUSKCN24E2OW
Not for long.. Texas will take over. The Houston Chronicle obituary section was 43 pages yesterday.
Let that sink in.
Can a union be sued for restraint of trade and monopolistic behavior? It certainly looks like if a business had faced the same situation where they demanded the shutdown of any competition, they’d be sued.
Still, reading through the article, the demands look straight from AOC: Medicare for All, no charter schools, defund the police, etc.
And the LA school district already caved to the teacher’s demands for not restarting schools. So I guess they’re fine with another generation of minority PoC children falling behind their peers. But their teachers will be safe, by God!
Teachers and Nurse unions are fully co-opted by leftist radicals. It’s no longer about work rules, salaries or Gawd Forbid, professional standards.
But there is an opportunity to damage them significantly right now. As leftist reprobates have taken to blaming the coppers union for all the problems, they lift the lid on all public employee unions.
When a reprobate politician says “the police unions have crushed every attempt to reform the police”, the correct response is “Right! Just like the teachers union has crushed every attempt to reform the public school system. which is why 25% of public school students fail to graduate, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments into it.”
Many nurses have taken to social media to denounce the right, and they often cross the line into threatening patients they perceive may be conservative. One such slob was recently fired after she suggested she would deny care to someone wearing a MAGA hat.
This is a plan of attack that would work especially well for a guy with a platform the size of Tucker Carlson’s.
Nerd, with the teachers it’s not just political power and money. They have had 30 years to pump millions of kids’ heads full of leftist , and it has succeeded beyond their wildest dreams; especially where degenerate sexual habits are concerned.
The public schools are grotesque side shows conducted by deranged misfits for the sole purpose of creating more misfits.
Every kid that is snatched from their grasp is a potential enemy for them, and they damn well know it. If we could keep just 1 generation from public school inculcation the country would see a sea change for the better.
Today, if you are an American, your chance of dying from Covid-19 is 2.59 in one million.
The Orange County Board of Education has voted 4-1 to reopen schools next month with in-person instruction. Students and teachers can choose to attend classes without masks and no social distancing is required.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/13/oc-school-board-classes-fall/
Orange County votes from home while socially distanced to have children and their teachers indiscriminately conscripted.
Florida population: 21.4 Million
Covid cases: 255,000
Covid deaths: 4196
Taiwan population: 23.7 Million
Covid cases: 451
Covid deaths: 7
And yesterday they played baseball with an audience. We could’ve had that.
Unless charter schools are shut down
Isn’t this extortion?
Hey Emery;
Have you checked either the LA or NY Slimes obituary pages for numbers? The population of Houston, TX, is close to 7.1 million and since Houston is the first large city on the highway out of Mexico, 600,000 of these people are unvaccinated, uneducated illegal aliens coming across the border. Of course, New York’s would be several pages shorter if Emperor Big Fredo Cuomo wouldn’t have murdered so many senior citizens with his actions to covid, which, incidentally, violated the clear guidelines set out by Medicare. But, NY Democrats don’t think laws or rules apply to them. Let that sink in, numb nuts!
^^ Governor DeVirus earning his place in history. New daily coronavirus cases in Florida 35% higher than New York’s worst day.
And they opened Disney World.
The economy is the pandemic. You beat the outbreak, and grow. Or you don’t beat it, and contract.
Y’all want to laugh at E. Dimwit Esq? Kids should go back to school because…#Science!
Watch as a panel of pediatricians turn the tables on the MSNBC twat…the look on xer’s face is priceless.
www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=wZ5KYOKvT0A
Countries that strongly followed the recommendations of epidemiologists got the virus under control and are returning to somewhat normal lives.
The US did not.
It seems I’m not the only one who sees an opening here. Just think of it; reprobate teachers forced to get a job and find their bogus MSEd are worthless.
Parents opting to home-school beyond closures add to school finance concerns
“A very large number of parents are now planning on not sending their kids back to school in the fall based on the calls we have been getting,” said J. Allen Weston, executive director of the organization. He said the organization’s call volume has increased “at least tenfold.”
http://www.educationdive[dot]com/news/parents-opting-to-homeschool-beyond-covid-add-to-school-finance-concerns/579061/
Wouldn’t it be ironic if bat flu saved America from destruction?
Think about it. Leftist shitholes cratering as they wreck their economies; widespread rioting destroys their infrastructure; businesses throw in the towel and leave; parents teaching their kids math, science, reading and American history at home with out a single visit from a tranny or sodomite.
I love bat flu; who could have guessed?
Let’s talk about herd immunity. I’ve listened to some people argue that the rapid spread of cases is a good thing, and we need to reach herd immunity in Mississippi and elsewhere to survive. I’m not a health care expert by any means, but I am a math guy. And I have thoughts:
The experts say we need 70-80% of the population to get COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity. Let’s assume they’re wrong (it’s certainly possible, they have been before.) Let’s assume they’re being way overly cautious and we actually only need 40% infection for herd immunity.
In Mississippi, our population is 3 million. We’ve had 36,680 cases so far.
We’d need 1.2 MILLION infections to achieve that hypothetical 40% threshold. (Remember, experts say it’s double that.)
Over the last two weeks, our hospital system has started to become stressed to the point of pain. We are seeing the early signs and effects of it becoming overwhelmed. We had to suspend elective surgeries again.
On our worst day of new cases, we had just over 1,000. It has typically been between 700-900 during this most aggressive time.
To get to 40% infections, we’d need 3,187 new cases every day for a full year from today.
We would need to TRIPLE our worst day—every day—for a year.
I’m not one of these guys that immediately dismisses any idea that challenges the expert status quo talking points. I’m pretty skeptical by nature. That’s healthy. But herd immunity is not anything like a realistic solution in the short or mid-term. I wish it was.
Unless you’re willing to go without hospitals after a car wreck or heart attack, we need a different approach. Right now, despite mixed messages at the beginning, it seems like masks are the best bet. They’re a hell of a lot better than widespread shut downs. Please wear one! ~ Tate Reeves Governor of Mississippi
Leftist reprobates are assisting the homeschool revolution, by putting parents out of work. Thank you Governor Newscum!
There are now 21 percent fewer small businesses open in California than there were in January of this year. [Holy shit!] Progress was being made since the low point in mid-April but the recent mandatory shutdowns of bars, wineries, breweries, dine-in restaurants, and theaters in 26 Counties has resulted in a meaningful closure of small businesses over the last week.
Closures lead to layoffs. Layoffs lead to UI claims. They also lead to lower spending by households which further causes business closures. The overall result is a downward spiral.
californiaforecast[dot]com/covid-19-economic-analysis/
Downward spiral and California go together like covfefe and creme!
I wonder if Gavin Scumball closed his winery? While every other winery was forced to be closed over the Independence Day weekend, yet his was open. Typical left wing elitist white privilege.
He can make all the wine he wants, boss. If people can’t buy it it’s just as good as forcing it closed.
But you’re right. Keeping his business going while shutting his competitors down is another example of how depraved these gawddamned slobs are.
One interesting thing regarding herd immunity is that there is some indication that coronavirii in general do not get you to secondary immunity–the permanent type–and hence you’re more or less praying for the virus to mutate or die out. This is the same basic reason that some vaccinations are 2 or 3 steps–you get primary immunity the first time, but it takes another (generally live virus) exposure to get permanent immunity. The goal is that you get a sub-infecting dose that nonetheless generates immunity–and it’s obviously more dangerous than a deactivated virus vaccination.
(source; my daughter’s father in law, a pathologist at Mayo)
Here are coronavirus death rates by country. Notice that the nations that “got it controlled” often got hit harder than the U.S.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
Emery’s unattributed quote to the Governor of Mississippi:
“Over the last two weeks, our hospital system has started to become stressed to the point of pain. We are seeing the early signs and effects of it becoming overwhelmed. We had to suspend elective surgeries again.”
Interesting fact. Mississippi has 650 people hospitalized and it’s overwhelming their medical system.
https://www.vicksburgnews.com/reeves-overwhelm-of-hospitals-is-a-slow-moving-disaster/
In one of his earlier videos explaining the need to lock down the state, Governor Walz said Minnesota started off with 235 ICU beds but could ramp up to 3,000 ICU beds in 48 hours. That’s just ICU beds, not total beds.
How is it possible that Minnesota can increase its bed count ten-fold but Mississippi can’t? There’s something more than virus at work here.
Another headline:
FOX 35 INVESTIGATES: Florida Department of Health says some labs have not reported negative COVID-19 results
SCIENCEtm!
JD — put your cheaters on “~Tate Reeves Governor of Mississippi” right after his quote
Sweden tried for herd immunity. It was a spectacular failure. More deaths, more mayhem, and no help for the economy. Good for Reeves to reject an idea that is a proven failure.
JD, from our Dr friends here – all hospitals like to run at 85% capacity. Simple economics, really. And that includes ICU. ICU is not a magical construct – any bed in the hospital can become a make-shift ICU. All you need to do is reduce elective procedures and utilize other facilities to care for the displaced patients. There is built-in elasticity. But you already knew all this. Indeed, this is just another example of a politician who is either lying through his/her/its/ze teeth or does not understand simple concepts. Or both.
So, confusing… Sweden’s Death Toll Hits Zero, Media Calls It a Failure. Who to believe?
It’s no surprise the teacher’s union wants charter schools closed. When a private entity shows it can do a job better than its public counterpart, it starts some uncomfortable conversations and disturbing wrong-think among the taxpayers. My kid’s school was at least 2-3 weeks ahead of public schools in shifting to distance-learning back in March. That same school keeps us regularly informed of their plans for in-person schooling in the Fall.
I remember someone explaining the difference between public and private education years ago in very simple terms: When a private schools fails to educate children, parents take their money elsewhere. When a public school fails to educate children, they often get more funds. I myself saw quite the contrast between the quality of my public-school education in K through 9, versus my last 3 years of high school in a private school. When you make educators more accountable for the quality of education students receive, there’s a tremendous incentive to provide quality in a safe setting.
@Emery: Ever consider starting your own blog, instead of making a career of thread-jacking here?
Imagine a virus so nasty you have to get a test to know you have it.
Sweden a spectacular failure? How so? https://realclimatescience.com/2020/06/no-correlation-between-covid-cases-and-deaths/
https://realclimatescience.com/2020/06/sweden-update/
Imagine a virus so nasty you have to get a test to know you have it.
Heh heh, and even if you have it, odds are you will be asymptomatic. The horror!
But SCIENCEtm!
You may heard the breathless announcement by several media drones that, after weeks where covid has killed no one, they recorded THREE deaths just yesterday!
Then they move on to whatever other covid panic they are selling, because to give you more information on the “surge” of three deaths in Hawaii wouldn’t panic you, and might even calm you down & wonder if the whole covid-19 thing is overhyped.
This is what the Hawaii Dept. of Health had to say about the three covid-19 deaths:
A tragic reminder of the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and their families are the deaths of three more Hawai‘i residents from coronavirus. The Department of Health’s (DOH) Disease Outbreak Control Division (DOCD) reports an elderly Kaua‘i resident is the 22nd recorded COVID-19 death. This person died out of state, in Arizona, where he had been receiving treatment for several months for underlying medical conditions. The 21st fatality was also reported by DOCD over the weekend. This female died in an O‘ahu hospital Sunday morning and had previously been a resident of a care home. Today DOCD confirmed the 20th death, which occurred on July 7th, as an elderly O‘ahu man with underlying medical issues. His death was added after a review of his health history and discussions with his primary care physician.
So, two were infected while in a hospital or long term care home (with underlying issues, of course). One of the two was not even in Hawaii.
The third victim was also very old, with underlying medical conditions, and was never tested for covid-19.
And yesterday they played baseball with an audience. We could’ve had that.
Here in Osceola, I watched a AA baseball game played with a few hundred spectators.
Your hate has driven you mad, Emery.
Mamm, it was a very short drive.
The chanting point here seems to be: “Be like the Donner Party! They adapted.”
I can detect when E.Dimwit Esq. is plagiarizing, every time, with 100% accuracy. His “chanting point” surely came from elsewhere…let us see.
Oh, yes. There it is.
Today, he’s trolling with material provided by George Soros’ Media Matters…
“Rush Limbaugh: Americans should “adapt” to coronavirus, like famous pioneers who “had to turn to cannibalism”
This penchant for dishonesty in comment threads is a trademark among the most deranged leftist reprobates. The desperate desire for attention is shared by pathetic slobs of low breeding and lower intelligence.
Emery, is that what that was supposed to mean? I guess I was confused by your novel style of punctuation.
I’m still old-school. When I quote somebody, I use quotation marks. Helps the reader distinguish my original thoughts from the quoted person’s thoughts, so it doesn’t look as if I stole someone else’s thoughts and passed them off as my own.
Although, I guess, since it’s you, I should have remembered . . . you have no original thoughts, only stolen ones that you pass off as your own. My bad.
JD, I wonder if this is the sign for the Little Weasel to return and the Other Little Weasel to take a break?
So Emery, now that I’ve read the Governor’s thoughts, what are your original thoughts on the problems in Mississippi?
JD, E. Dimwit’s mendacity isn’t unique, nor is it an isolated event in his own miserable life. I’ve observed that if someone is dishonest in one area, there’s a good chance it’s not an aberration. It’s highly likely E. Dimwit is known as a damned liar by everyone around him irl.
Several studies have found Liberals are more likely to be dishonest as a general personality trait. When you add their penchant for dishonesty with the genuine belief that anything that removes Trump from office is morally justifiable, you have the ingredients for massive election fraud.
E. Dimwit is a poster child for what we’re facing; low IQ slobs with no moral compass.
^^ I can’t help but notice — the rental space between your ears is going at liquidation prices.
I’ve had more coherent “conversations” with chat-bots. I think EI may just be a troll-bot that searches for certain key-words and, regardless of context, dumps some bot-splatter.
Unlike your “Lakefront property”, from which you take those sweet, sweet profits, right E. Dimwit? LMFAO!
^^ Your rental space is getting cheaper by the comment…
It’s like arguing with a seven-year-old. Always has to have the last word, even if it’s a stupid thing to say.