As police used teargas and flashbangs on protesters outside the Brooklyn Center police department, young children listened, terrified, from their homes directly across the street. Among them were two eleven-year-old girls with autism, which makes them intensely sensitive to loud noises, their older sister, Jamiya Crayton, said. “It was so bad I had to go out there and ask [law enforcement] if they could stop doing that, because my kids were.
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Schools in most big city Democratic-run districts have been closed since March 2020, with not even a glimmer of hope in sight.
Science experts say schools should reopen. Teachers unions say that, too, but they do everything possible to keep them closed.
Let s call this what it is: gaslighting.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
It s been 13 months since my school-aged kids stopped going to school.
Save for a handful days of in-person remote learning where students stare at laptops just as they would at home, only in teacher-less classrooms they haven t been to school since the pandemic crippled New York City in March 2020.
The CDC guidelines for social distancing in schools are based on distorted science: neither three feet nor six feet distancing is safe
Back in September 2020,
Politico wrote on the issue of schools and infection rates: “The data on how coronavirus is spreading at schools and colleges is inconsistent, erratic and sometimes purposely kept out of the public’s reach.”
It has been stated repeatedly and proven on numerous occasions that children are more likely than adults to display little or no symptoms, while being capable of infecting others, including their relatives and families. More recent studies have identified schools and students attending them as contributing to community transmissions.
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As the coronavirus tore through the country last year, New York state officials relied on testing to keep people safe in prisons, nursing homes, schools and other group facilities.
Statewide, 13,000 prisoners had been tested by September 2020. Youth accused of crimes awaiting trial in New York City were also regularly tested, with results guiding local health officialsâ efforts to contain infectious spread from cramped quarters out into the community.