DCPS says they will close schools based on medical advice, well medical advice has been screaming that they should not open! (draft)

When you were a kid, and mom told you no, did you over go ask dad because you knew he would give you the answer you wanted? What about with a business, ever got been told an answer you didn't like ever to call back later to talk to someone else to get a different answer? I feel like that is DCPS they don't like the answers from one medical expert they go to the next, whatever they can do to follow through with Greene's reckless decision to open school to brick and learning.

DCPS says they will close schools if the medical experts say to close schools well the medical field has been screaming to close schools, and they just haven't been listening.

It is sad to say, but the CDC and the state and local health departments have been compromised. I wish health wasn't politicized, but in the age of Trump, it is where we find ourselves.  

Since that is the case we have to look elsewhere.

Here is what the American Asociation of Petedicians says,

From Click Orlando,

 Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday defended his plan to reopen schools for the upcoming academic year, even as the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Thursday sent a letter to his office, asking that he reconsider allowing school districts to resume face-to-face learning.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/07/19/gov-desantis-defends-plan-to-reopen-schools-even-amid-letter-asking-him-to-reconsider/

Okay, that's the pediatricians what about the infectious disease doctors

From Tampa 10,

But infectious disease experts say reopening brick and mortar schools won't help stop the spread of COVID-19.

"We're not where we should be for kids to be going back to school. I think a lot of people are thinking maybe if we give two more weeks, we're actually going to see an improvement with COVID, but we haven't seen an improvement in several weeks," Dr. Jill Roberts with the University of South Florida Public Health said. "I'm not sure that that's going to give us the window that we really need. My additional concern of that is that's actually pushing us closer to flu season. 

The full picture hasn't been painted yet. Dr. Roberts says not enough kids have been tested and those that have are severe. As a parent herself, she also has a difficult decision to make.

"My husband and I both know she's probably going to get infected and she's probably going to bring it home. So that's gonna cause problems for us as well. There is no easy decision for anything or anybody here to make. It's all hard across the board," Dr. Roberts says.

Come fall, she says schools could be the epicenter for community transmission.

"Coronavirus spreads so much easier than Influenza does. There is no way that the schools don't end up becoming a center for this. I would be shocked if we make it very long through the semester before they go back to online learning," Dr. Roberts said.

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/education/infectious-disease-experts-believe-schools-will-be-the-epicenter-for-the-spread-of-covid-19-this-fall/

Gulp, that doesn't sound good. If schools will close and everyone seems to know that,, why are we opening them again?

Heck, Melissa Ross of First Coast Connect has a couple of doctors on and guess what they said.

From FCC, 

Despite the steady rise in new coronavirus cases, area schools are still planning to open on August 10, for both brick and mortar and virtual classes. 

Many educators, parents and even students are questioning this decision. As are some local doctors. We spoke with two local experts on kids and infectious disease. Dr. Mobeen Rathore, a prominent local pediatrician and co-chair of the Baptist Health System Infection Prevention and Control Committee; and Dr. Jeffrey Goldhagen, a pediatrician and the former Director of the Duval County Health Department joined us. 

https://news.wjct.org/post/concerns-about-reopening-schools-hugh-greene-medicaid-cummer-museum 

Give it a listen they think opening schools is a bad idea too. 

When Ashley Smith Juarez voted no, she sited John Hopkins doctors as a reason why. 

It is Arizona, but they aren't as bad off as we are. 

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2020/07/17/doctors-say-its-ill-advised-and-dangerous-open-arizona-schools/5460660002/ 

It is California, but again, they aren't as bad off as we are.

https://edsource.org/2020/schools-should-not-open-until-safety-is-assured-california-teachers-association-tells-state/635625 

A lot of medical experts think not just our schools, but the country should shut down.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-23-20-intl/h_888b0f983d42b46d73b8e0d336b9721b

Here is a doctor from Orlando's COVID-19 task force, who says schools are to dangerous.
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2020/07/22/orlando-doctor-on-reopening-schools---in-person-classes-are-just-too-risky--

I could have gone on and on.

Superintendent Greene and the board admit in-person school is dangerous, and they say they would close them if only the medical experts told them too. The problem with that is expert after expert is telling them, screaming out them to and they aren't listening. Pediatricians, Infectious Disease doctors, John Hopkins, and doctor after doctor is screaming, do not open your schools. Yet still, they plow ahead and for what?