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Anyone hear about the "Back the Blue" pro-police March last night in the FM area? Didn't think so. Why would Forum Commications or local media care? Wess Philome probably had their attention with another trumped up/false police harassment claim.

Since January 1, 2010 almost 4400 blacks have been murdered in Chicago. Lightfoot's solution? Removing the Chris Columbus statue in the dead of night from Grant Park. #BLM Was also inspiring to watch the MLB lemmings take a knee for the anthem last night.......or maybe they were ducking thinking Fauci was going to throw a ball again.

Gives social distancing a new meaning with that pitch......more than 6' from the strike zone. "Tony........Carl Lewis is waiting on line 3".

I'd say that percentage is going down daily.

Do you have a crystal ball? Have Fauci on speed dial? Or just committed to the fear porn?

Parents in MN aren't betting on Walz. IIRC I read private school enrollment is up 19% in MN.

Asking for a friend does a "positive" equate to "sick"???

Do 70+ year olds make up a majority of individuals in a school setting? 50+? 40+? Not sure what your point is. Again that logic would have every healthcare system shutdown by noon.

4900+ "positives" 20 and under in MN. One death. Do the math. Zero deaths in ND. Where is the "trust the science and data" crowd???

Valid questions you pose in the first post. I guess a vaccine is your only "answer/solution" to all your questions above because your last 3 questions are basically Chicken Little. Even if coronavirus is on the same level as the flu for all those in a school setting why were we not asking these questions decades ago? Why has school ever been open from November thru March in the upper Midwest? The comment on "now do nurses" or for that matter healthcare workers in general is valid to "critical thinking" in the same context of the questions you asked about teachers. The overall healthcare system would be nonfunctional if it went with all the what ifs you bring up above. Correct me if I'm wrong.....it's a vaccine or bust in your opinion for any normalcy in our society in our current state....especially as it relates to school reopening.

CDC director Redfield when asked on GMA today if he would feel comfortable sending his grandchildren back to school (face to face) this fall........"Absolutely"

"In the long run this is the quickest way to ending the Covid pandemic "......Walz on the mask mandate. I'm old enough to remember when sheltering in place for 3 months and destroying the economy was way to go.

89% of parents who responded the the Bismarck public school survey stated they were comfortable sending their kids back to school. 47% without reservations. 42% with precautions in place.

Not a bad idea. Kids have been doing strength and conditioning plus BB and VB open gyms in the FM area for weeks.

P With that said the Fargo Smart Restart would have middle and high school kids distance learning only if starting today. Elementary.....hybrid.

Again good stuff. ND is at 1.16. MT iss 1.25. SD is 0.95. MN is 1.08. Anything above 1.0 virus spreads quickly. Below 1.0 spreads slowly. Planning on going to MT next week for vacation. Is my risk any really higher than in Fargo? Couple weeks later off to SD to see family......so it is much safer in Rapid City? Safer for me to go to the DQ across river in Moorhead than one within walking distance from my house?

#proventowork

Do question to some extent the validity of "unique" daily positives though. Know someone who registered for the testing....too long of a wait so left without getting tested.......yet got notified test was postive.

So over half of all tests performed in ND have been on individuals that had been already tested.

A hospitalized patient in OH was tested 15 times over the hospital stay. Each day a positive test came back on this individual it was added to the daily "positive test" numbers. Yesterday over half of people in ND tested who were tested before. Not sure why. If someone tested positive Friday in Bismarck, retested positive again yesterday is he/she add back in the new daily positive cases? Be interesting to know.

If masks are as effective and are "proven to work" to the extent as some here and national experts claim reopening schools should be a no brainer. Totally with you on your first comment.

Throw in the fact 16% of all positives in ND are healthcare workers.

With those numbers and one death in MN under 20 plus the effectivenes of masks which are "proven to work" there should be no reason Walz won't reopen all school in MN face to face.......right?

Walz to mandate masks in MN today but probably won't allow schools to reopen face to face. UND mandated masks for classes but now is most likely going online only. So are masks really the answer? "Proven to work" some say. You'd think more opportunities for "normalcy" would open up because of masks. Obviously that's currently not the trend. BTW IIRC one person under 20 in ND and MN combined have died from Covid19. UND had more students die of suicide in the fall semester last year.

That answers basically nothing. Is UND going strictly distance learning in the fall (minus the Med School)? Obviously you have insight otherwise you would not have chimed in. Or do I need a decoder ring?