Trump Golfs, USA Burns (also Florida and Miami)
July 24, 2020 Leave a comment
Too sad to repeat that we have an incompetent president.
CDC ON OPENING SCHOOLS
July 24, 2020 Leave a comment
The best available evidence from countries that have opened schools indicates that COVID-19 poses low risks to school-aged children, at least in areas with low community transmission, and suggests that children are unlikely to be major drivers of the spread of the virus. Reopening schools creates opportunity to invest in the education, well-being, and future of one of America’s greatest assets—our children—while taking every precaution to protect students, teachers, staff and all their families.
The Importance of Reopening America’s Schools this Fall | CDC
In essence the CDC says it is really great to get kids back to school because only a few will get sick and die, and will not hurt their family if they are the very young. But the big “if and but” is that there should be low community transmission. Where is that? In very few town, counties and states.
University of Miami Professors Protest
July 23, 2020 Leave a comment
More than a dozen UM professors, lecturers and graduate students — some who didn’t want to comment for this story for fear of retaliation — raised the same concerns as Evans. Employees also questioned UM’s top-down approach in the decision-making process and what they say is a lack of shared governance. More than 500 faculty members have signed a petition seeking that they choose how they will teach.
University of Miami professors revolt over coronavirus response | Miami Herald
A protest of UM professors has finally boiled to the top. The university seems to proceeding “hell or high water” based on top down decision making and over optimistic expectations that students attending classes on campus will follow highly regimented and extreme rules that are unlikely to be accepted by many of the regular students who live off campus. And many live in extended families in Miami. Evidence is that there has been a big failure in Miami (meaning Miami-Dade County) of the population, both young and old, to avoid social gathering. Professors are right to be very concerned for their health.
HEARD IN MIAMI-DADE
July 21, 2020 Leave a comment
- WE ARE THE COVID-19 HOTSPOT OF FLORIDA THAT IS THE HOT SPOT OF THE USA.
- THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WILL OPEN UNDER TWO MODALITIES–ONLINE LEARNING OR HYBRID (PART-TIME CLASS AND ONLINE LEARNING). SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE UNCERTAINTY WHETHER STUDENTS ADOPT GOOD SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MITIGATING MEASURES. IF NOT, FAILURE.
- COVID-19 INFECTIONS ARE EXPLODING EXPONENTIALLY, DEATHS ARE RISING AND HOSPITALS ARE REACHING THEIR LIMITS
- RICH PRIVATE AND CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE SCOOPED UP PPP. TO HELL WITH POOR STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
- THERE IS NO TASTE FOR “DEFUNDING” POLICE HERE IN MOST MUNICIPALITIES. IN FACT, MORE THAN ONE MUNICIPALITY HAS ALLOWED THE POLICE TO REVIEW THEMSELVES. INSTEAD OF DEFUNDING THEY WILL ASK FOR MORE MONEY.
- MANY RESIDENTS ARE NOT FOLLOWING MASKING AND DISTANCING. FAMILIES AND EXTENDED FAMILIES ARE PARTYING FREELY, INDIFFERENT TO HURTING FELLOW RESIDENTS.
Coral Gables Watch 