the 14 day rule makes some sense given research that says people are only contagious for 11 days after symptoms appear<\/a>. But please ignore that 3 other people probably got Covid in the class and they will show symptoms right about the time everyone returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHowever, if a student is exposed to someone with Covid-19, they are prohibited from clubs and sports because \u201cit increases the number of people they may expose to the virus that causes COVID-19.\u201d But they can come to class and school.<\/strong> Translation: You are much more likely to spread corona virus on a well-ventilated and outdoor soccer field than you are sitting in a classroom for six hours, with 30 other kids, 4 feet apart. The scientific minds at the state of Utah never cease to amaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe guidelines highlight that students, teachers, and staff are likely to be exposed \u201cmany times during the year\u201d to Covid-19.<\/strong> Translation: Schools are going to be like those chicken-pox parties during the 1980s. Yeah, let\u2019s get everyone infected so they don\u2019t get chicken pox again. SHHH don\u2019t tell them about shingles.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen a student or teacher contracts Covid-19, the entire class or school will not be informed. Only those people who have come into contact within 6-feet for 15 minutes or longer will be notified.<\/strong> Translation: If we tell people that other people around them at school have Covid-19, those people may get tested too. That would make our case numbers look really bad once school starts. That could shut down schools and we will do whatever it takes to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSchools can make a list of high-risk individuals. Then those high-risk individuals who have been in the same room as the infected person will be notified<\/strong> of Covid-19. Translation: Park City Schools should list all teachers and children as high-risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJanitors should wait 24 hours before disinfecting a classroom with an infected individual because that will give the virus time to die-off.<\/strong> Translation: they haven\u2019t read that the virus lives on glass for 4-days. Furthermore, they don\u2019t seem to realize that in that 24 hours, unless the classroom is entirely shutdown, that the entire class will be in the classroom the next day without it being sanitized.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIf you are a glutton for punishment, you can read the entire 102 pages of guidelines below. If you\u2019re like me, you\u2019ll start reading the document and think some of it is reasonable (which it is). You\u2019ll read something that says children and teachers should quarantine for 14 days if they\u2019ve been exposed to someone with the virus, and you\u2019ll think, \u201cyeah that\u2019s what I have always heard. What is the Park Rag talking about?\u201d Just keep reading the guidelines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then you\u2019ll learn about modified quarantine which says children who have been in close contact with Corona Virus can keep on coming to school, as long as they are symptom free. You\u2019ll learn that teachers should quarantine at home upon exposure, unless there is no one else to teach their class. You know, because teaching is more important than the health of everyone at the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This whole thing is kind of bizarre. I feel for you teachers. This document is the opposite of whatever would inspire confidence. I\u2019m probably still sending my kids to in-person school. Mostly because I hope the rest of you parents aren\u2019t crazy enough to do that :-). That said, this makes me strongly reconsider in-person learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n