First year college enrollment down sharply

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I agree with you. Remote learning is far from ideal, but right now, in the midst of a pandemic that this country has failed to address properly, in-person school simply isn't safe in many places. Look how many colleges opened in September only to close again within 2 weeks. I have friends whose kids were remote until early October, finally went back to elementary school, and a couple of weeks later were back on remote learning temporarily because of numerous COVID cases in the school.

And a high percentage of teachers are older or in high risk groups. We have good friends who are both teachers. The husband had a kidney/pancreas transplant a year ago. The wife was just diagnosed with ovarian cancer and is starting chemotherapy. Neither of them should be in a classroom. They should be isolating at home. They'd love to be teaching in person but not in the middle of a pandemic.

There's no good answer here, but the health of everyone involved needs to be a top priority.

Yes, and that would include the health of the students who are suffering damage as well. As for the pandemic, covid has less lethal than it was in March. Some herd immunity is being acquired. But, life has to go on for the HEALTHY as well. I do not want the lives of children and young adults ruined. Yes, the elderly and immunocompromised need increased protections, absolutely. But, we do not need to flatten the entire population.

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As for this going on for 4 yrs, Fauci and others are already suggesting masking and other measures well into 2022.

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As for this going on for 4 yrs, Fauci and others are already suggesting masking and other measures well into 2022.

We're not going to see widespread vaccine availability and penetration until well into 2021 most likely. So yes, masks and social distancing are going to be with us for quite some time. And there are those 40% of folks who say they will never get a vaccine, so actual herd immunity is impossible.