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The French government has ordered a nightly curfew (9PM - 6 AM) in response to the second wave of #COVID after an irresponsible reopening. Of course it won't do anything to prevent the virus' transmission at schools (where cases are covered up) or offices (where remote work is only "suggested").

But the drop in cases that will inevitably happen because of a combination mortality and immunity will retroactively justify this inane freedom-stripping measure even without causation. It's an insured PR win for this now full-on authoritarian government.

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Michael Vogel
Michael Vogel  
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In Germany the RKI says that transmission in schools is low as well. They see the highest danger in private meetings/parties.
BeardlyDavid
BeardlyDavid  
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I've been watching a show called "Weird History" a lot in the past couple days. They have a series based around hygiene in different eras.

The parallels with the current pandemic are quite staggering. What people didn't know in the past killed a great many of them and it is happening again.

We are better equipped today than we ever were but it seems that we are having a hard time agreeing on a way to curb the spread of Covid-19. Wilful ignorance isn't helping either.
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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I would have a hard time believing it. The French government has had many suspicious policy changes regarding schools, children (considered safe and then not) and especially teachers, who lately have even been disregarded as potential contact even with confirmed COVID cases.

In the US schools have been reopening as usual in Texas late Summer and many have had to close right after because student cases spiked. I would like to know exactly what are the circumstances where transmission is low in schools because so far I'm personally aware of several transmission cases in the school my kid goes just before they closed last March.
Michael Vogel
Michael Vogel  
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@Hypolite Petovan@M. Grégoire in German schools the students have to wear a mask the whole time.
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Did they do anything about class size? Did they close school cantinas if any (I remember the German junior high school I visited back in ‘97 didn’t have any)?
Michael Vogel
Michael Vogel  
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@Hypolite Petovan@M. Grégoire I'm even unsure, how much schools do have cantinas :-)

Concerning class sizes I heard that they thought about reducing this as well. But the regulations are state depending, so we surely will have 16 different regulations in Germany.
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Then it seems that your local government is doing better than France’s is. I can’t complain about New York City schools either, they let us parents opt-in to full remote learning, assigning specific teachers for the full remote students. We got a couple bags full of learning material you would usually find in class, including math and writing workbooks.
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