So I assume you do not think that the polls are accurately capturing this silent majority? Because national polls support that we reopened "too early" (whatever that means) and support forced masks etc. And if you do not believe those sorts of polls, my local school district in North Texas sent a questionnaire to parents as of their preferences for the school year. It was almost 50/50 whether to go back to school or do online only. And that is 50/50 in a very Red area before the recent surge. When the questionnaire asked if cases started to spike would you be comfortable sending your child back to school, 81% said no.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 1:37 pmMy sense is they are starting to speak up. Especially when it comes to schools. There is a very vocal minority about wanting online only, maybe in perpetuity. But the vast, currently mostly silent majority want schools to reopen. If it comes to a head, I, and I am sure a lot of others won't remain silent anymore. We had a "thought exchange" online commenting to the high school district about what they should do a few weeks ago. The vast majority want schools to open, and accept the risk.
I am, for about the next 2 weeks, ok with letting the media have its day with the breaking news, and surge in cases, yada yada. If those don't translate into a material increase in deaths, then I will call bullshit. Not sure what one guy can do, but I know most others are of the same feeling. If the school district goes online, I can't imagine the uproar on taxes. If Notre Dame goes online, I don't think it is worth $72k a year anymore.
Everything hinges on the next month and a half, and certainly I believe California is going in the wrong direction on schools. I hope IL does not follow.
I get a different sense than you. I get a sense that people who want to reopen and try to bring life back to some sort of normalcy are feeling very outnumbered, defeated and giving up. I mean when you live in Texas controlled by a Republican governor, Republican Lt Governor and Republican Legislature and they have mandated masks and are talking about shutting down a second time then really what hope is there?
My son has high-functioning autism. We home schooled for years and finally decided to try public school last year. After a rough start he did amazingly well and the teachers were awesome with him. Then suddenly it was all taken away. So for 6 months he has had no school, no contact with his school friends, we cannot go to the movies, parks were closed until recently and most of the restaurants he likes are still not reopen. If he does get to go back in a month (which I highly doubt) they will require so much protection for him (masks, eating lunch 6 feet apart at your desk etc) that it will suck all of the fun out of it and become so rigid he will fight against it. Honestly I am really beaten down by it all and i just don't see any light at the end of the tunnel.