"Kansas City Official: If We Close Schools for COVID-19, Teen Pregnancy Will Rise"

[Dan From Smithville]

I did not know Kansas was like West Virginia!

Is it really a big deal the schools are closed. It's not like the people of Kansas were into embracing science to begin with.

Unfortunately, this is on the Missouri side. We are not big on science here either.

 

[exchemist]

Just the way the teachers look is enough to shut down everyone's desires.

 

[PureX]

Better dead than pregnant! That's what I always say.

 

[dfnj]

Better dead than pregnant! That's what I always say.

Aim low score high was my old stomping ground phrase.

 

[Twilight Hue]

While the point of increased teen pregnancy could be true it is a stupid rational for keeping schools open. Schools are for education not control of reproduction and sexual activities. That is the problem of the parents.

In an age of online education and distance learning, you could almost read between the lines with this guy.

 

[Shad]

Few parents actually do that. Around 25% was the last numbed I saw.

That is a lot of horrible parents.

 

[Shad]

In an age of online education and distance learning, you could almost read between the lines with this guy.

Yah considering a lot of schools up here closed public classes switching to online courses without little effort. That is for both the public/private k-12 and post-secondary

 

[Shad]

To be clear, not arguing that schools shouldn't be shut, only that there are some cogent arguments to consider. Just that this Muppet isn't making them.

Heck there are better arguments to make even if weak arguments overall. Lunch programs for example.

 

[Shad]

That was a joke.

Sorry text does not always carry humour well

 

[columbus]

But
God Said!

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

.

Tom

 

[Rational Agnostic]

I said cities specifically in my post. Corona-virus is more contiguous than polio thus the lock downs increase in scale.

Polio is airborne and lives on surfaces, and thus there is no evidence it is less contagious than coronavirus. Polio - Infections - Merck Manuals Consumer Version

Have you considered that a failure to lock down in the past which increased the rate of infections and deaths is being avoided in the present. Ie Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it.

Have you considered the major negative economic ripple-effect of closing all major businesses? If not, I guarantee you'll discover it in a few months.

 

[Shad]

Polio is airborne and lives on surfaces, and thus there is no evidence it is less contagious than coronavirus. Polio - Infections - Merck Manuals Consumer Version

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/infections/enteroviruses/polio

Read your link and try again.

Have you considered the major negative economic ripple-effect of closing all major businesses? If not, I guarantee you'll discover it in a few months.

Yes. Besides not all major businesses are shutting down. Also keep in mind major does not mean necessary.