If a school remains open while Covid pandemic is increasing and it turns out that one or two infected children die as a result, who will the parents likely sue? It’s a serious question because I can imagine some really angry parents getting a lawyer over the lack of preventing the infections to run rampant.
Parents are angry that schools are closed and I can imagine they’d get even angrier if their child died because the school didn’t close.
I want no one to die, but schools do not shut down every flu season. We have a strong flu season every year in the Northeast area because it is cold and I am not sure about the rest of the countries’ flu season. The children are in school since September, some go four days, some go two days, some go five days. They wear masks and do spatial distancing and are vigilant. Some schools allow remote and parents have opted to do remote learning.
My grandchildren are in kindergarten, first, and second. in the public school system. They are in three different school systems. I am more worried about a 3 years old in daycare…
So far, there have been a few cases of Covid, an adult teacher getting it and if there is a case, they shut down the school for a few days and every child has to get a nose swab.
That has happened once at two different elementary schools but that was a month ago.
Currently, one adult has it at one school, so they have decided to extend the Thanksgiving- Christmas vacation and do a couple of weeks of remote learning in between at that school.
One thing they should do is give the Covid-19 shot to the teachers and adults at the schools. I think they should be on the list along with healthcare first responders workers who will get the shots first, also hopefully supermarkets workers.
Last year in March, the schools closed down so the children were out of school completely. It was a mess. They were very prepared in September.
