Monday, November 16, 2020

CITY SCHOOL BUILDINGS OPEN ON TUESDAY

NYC school buildings will be open on Tuesday for blended learning. Upward revisions of numbers from the previous day has most of skeptical that any numbers are real but we are still officially below the 3% positivity rate. I have no trust in this mayor. Here is the latest from Gothamist:

New York City's seven-day average test positivity is now at 2.8% as coronavirus cases reach their highest level since May, according to city health data updated on Monday.

The latest data shows that the city remains precariously close to 3%, the threshold at which Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he would shut public schools and shift completely to remote learning.

Health officials on Monday also revised the prior day average positivity reading upward to 2.9%. The city's test data is routinely changed as more results roll in, and a surge in demand for testing marked the return of long lines at many clinics around the city and longer turnaround times.

Given the delays in results, Dr. Denis Nash, an epidemiology professor, cautioned New Yorkers to wait several days before interpreting the data.

"Backfilling of data can really change the metrics," he told Gothamist on Monday.

Trends over the weekend had suggested that the share of residents testing positive for COVID was starting to decline or at least flatten, but now the trajectory seems to be unclear.

Nash pointed to the fact that average new daily cases were continuing to climb. On Monday, the seven-day average of new cases reached 1,057, a level not seen since May and nearly double that of the city's warning threshold of 550 average cases a day.

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

Duh. Sheep like cold weather and dangerous conditions

Anonymous said...

Keep school testing voluntary and ramp up the mobile testing units and send them to low impact zip code for more negative tests and that’ll keep NYC below 3% for awhile longer.

Anonymous said...

We need to go full remote now.....enough of the bullshit.....

Educat said...

Population of New York = 19,000,000

Hospitalized with Covid in NYS as of 11/16 = 1,968

Percentage of NYS population hospitalized with Covid = 0.1%

Recovery rate for those hospitalized with Covid = 98%

The damage to our economy/society/children DOES NOT JUSTIFY lockdowns.

Responding rationally = Smart

Responding with fear = STOOOOOPID

Anonymous said...

Nah, keep getting beaten and doing nothing about it.

waitingforsupport said...

Sheep who are keyboard warriors. March wasn't enough so in September they were sacrificed for some more. Strong fingers. Use your voice

Anonymous said...

That's why I'm remote with no medical accommodation.

Bronx ATR said...
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Anonymous said...

Educat, If someone were in your family that was in that 2% like someone in my family was, you'd be speaking a different tune. Just shut up.

Joe said...

Good morning,

Joe here,

Keep posting covid stats. Keep asking if Mike and Randi care. They don't. We/you are the suckers. I'm still in bed. Oh, well. Equity and excellence. Cold today and tomorrow. Would be nice if in person teachers didn't show up.

I'm sure mulgrew and sill are frightened when someone on here writes "stop with the bullshit, need to go full remote now." LOL. I am full remote now.

Dow down today, it happens.

Our elected officials are questioning FB and Twitter heads. At least I have something different to watch today.

Oh, look. Late work is being submitted. I guess the students are too busy at home to submit a 30 second assignment on time.

I tried.

Anonymous said...

Not enough for mulgrew. Positivity rate is now 3.2% but the 7-day average is 2.74%, mayor says. School buildings remain open as long as the 7-day average stays below 3%.

Anonymous said...

But wait Bronx ATR, Weingarten is a democrat. Surely you are wrong. She’ll right all the educational wrongs instituted by Orange man bad. She’ll be as good to us and to the students as the most progressive democrat mayor and chancellor nyc has ever had. You’re just a misogynist anti semite homophobe if you don’t approve of Weingarten. Sad. I’m reporting you to antifa and BLM. Sorry if they burn your house down but I promise it will be a mostly peaceful arson.

Bronx ATR said...

Weingarten is putting all her voodoo spells on Biden to win and make her Secretary of Ed - everything Mulgrew is doing and not doing is for show in order to become AFT president. If you thought DeVos was bad wait if you experience the Benign neglect and selfishness of Weingarten. She single-handedly facilitated the end of real teaching in NYC with the 2005 contract. She is an unmitigated disaster who is unqualified for anything other than a marionette show.

Bronx ATR said...

Weingarten is a piece of shit. Whether or not she’s a Democrat, I’m not really sure.

Anonymous said...

What school is mulgrew in today?

Anonymous said...

Have the strong feeling that NYC public schools will go all remote by next Monday 11/23. Just seems that Cuomo and DeBlasio with the assistance from Mulgrew—always wanted schools to remain open as a glorified day care center for about 30% of parents —as close as possible till Thanksgiving. They have changed the rules with respect to testing and safety protocols—which are resulting in unreliable data —and the bottom line is—the longer they wait—Cuomo will definitely have blood on his hands, no excuses—but he will scapegoat DeBlasio for not living up to the NYC/UFT agreements from August. But the missing link here continues to be Mulgrew and his indifference with respect to the health of his members.

Anonymous said...

Mayor says if schools close because of the 3% threshold, there are conversations underway with the state and unions to reconsider it going forward. Union going to sell us out.. again.

Joe said...

My principal just sent me the Remote Danielson expectations. LOL. After my next nap I will read it. Maybe...

Anonymous said...

I smell a sellout in the air.

waitingforsupport said...

@1058...
And don't forget the proudgirls i mean boys and Boogaloos. I'd like to volunteer to help with the recounting of votes. The fraud is real. I overheard someone say that their daughter's boyfriend's neighbor has a co-worker whose sister's babysitter knows of someone who's 2 cats (Proudy and Boss) and 1 dog (Sumthing) all voted. The fraud is real.

Anonymous said...

Joe again,

Day over.

Didn't see a single student today.

Per session for summer school soon.

Off to watch the Judge shows.

I'm tired.

Later.

Anonymous said...

W4s changing subject is a good way to deflect failures of her group. Sad! Some will never measure up.

Anonymous said...

We're dealing with a virus with a survival rate of 99.9% for non elderly and you boomer and gen X morons want to lock it down because you want to sit on your lazy butt and collect a paycheck. If you want to lock down schools, you surely think we should lock down businesses too. And it would be greedy of you to sit your ass at home collected a paycheck while millions are unemployed.

Anonymous said...

Does waiting ever graduation rate? Very selective.

The 6-year graduation rate for first-time, full-time undergraduate students who began their pursuit of a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year degree-granting institution in fall 2010 was highest for Asian students (74 percent), followed by White students (64 percent), students of Two or more races (60 percent), Hispanic students (54 percent), Pacific Islander students (51 percent), Black students (40 percent), and American Indian/Alaska Native students (39 percent).

Anonymous said...

Yes, i want to stay home and get paid. SO WHAT?

Students stay home and get credit, right?

waitingforsupport said...

@302...
Just call me Madam Trump. How was your recent meeting with the proud boys and boogaloos? Can they help with the recount?

Anonymous said...

3:14, some of us work harder on remote than in person. Explain to me again why I commute everyday to teach a remote class... So yes I would like to work from home. My school has less than 30 students a day live. What a joke.

waitingforsupport said...

@302...
Measure up to what?

James Eterno said...

Comments are getting way too personal again. Stop please. Thanks. It does not help our cause.

Anonymous said...

I love how all the rag newspapers are saying that there was "an agreement between the powerful UFT and the city to close schools if the covid rate hits 3%". The fact is that there is NO AGREEMENT. The city threw that number at Mulgrew because the city was scared that we might go on strike. However, nothing was written or signed. For Christ sake, it can't even be considered a gentleman's agreement since both Mulgrew and the Mayor are nothing more than douchebags.

Anonymous said...

Joe here,

This is why I do whatever when it comes to the fraud DOE and UFT...

Read the below. Happy risking your life for no reason?

Which school was Mulgrew, Sill, Amy, Hinds in today?

NEW:
@CBSNews
has obtained several state reports by the WH Coronavirus Task Force, which warn:

"There is now aggressive, unrelenting, expanding broad community spread across the country, reaching most counties, without evidence of improvement but rather, further deterioration."

Anonymous said...

Then how about a douchebag's agreement?

Anonymous said...

Speaking of rag newspapers, has anyone noticed that none of those papers are bitching about the fact that the big NYC charter schools like Success Academy are closed till after January? (Success has not opened their doors for a single day of in school learning this year)

waitingforsupport said...

@3:14pm...
And they still complain.

Anonymous said...

I didn’t make it to the proud boys meeting but I was able to attend the Kamala Harris I put black men in prison for the free labor to serve my corporate prison overlords meeting. I have to say Kamala and her prison system overlords put on a much better spread than the proud boys. The meeting was a success. We decided that in addition to keeping these black men in our prison labor system, they will also be our wait staff at the next meeting.

waitingforsupport said...

@6:58 am

I love Kamala. Next stop is tackling the unfair policies and discrimination in homeownership. Hopefully after these black men serve their time, they will be able to move next door to you.

Anonymous said...

W4s. So the plan is count on the people who put them in prison to let them out. Ok. But if that works, Who’s going to tell the Columbian family next door that they have to move? Maybe the Asians across the street are willing to leave. Such racist stereotypes.... only white people own homes in the suburbs and all whites shudder at the thought of a black neighbor. Heavens to Betsy I hope my new neighbors are like Biden described Obama....clean and articulate and not super predators as described by Hillary. I guess I’ll have to stop flying my nazi flag when they move in. You know who else loves Kamala? People who want to keep using black men as a prison labor source.

Anonymous said...

Well, they do fail the jails.

waitingforsupport said...

@12:38
Hah.Hah.Hah. You consistently mention race/ethnicities: black, white, asian, Columbian. Did I say only white people live in the suburbs? Ha ha ha...at your next rally don't eat or drink anything offered by the wait staff. Ha ha ha. You always make me laugh. Okay let me finish my online application for welfare.

Anonymous said...

You may want to look at Kamala Harris' relationship with Willie Brown. Or are only Republican women fair game?

Anonymous said...

What you implied w4s is that somehow a black man living next door to me would be a shocker. You said it like a threat. As if I should worry about it. It’s only a shocker for those in Kamala Harris’ district because she’s already rounded up all the black men and put them in prison for the free labor. Now she’s got competition in harming people of color. Biden just put Cecelia Munoz on his team. She worked for Obama and made excuses and sanctioned separating families when they illegally tried to enter the US. Here’s a real shocker. No one cares what race their neighbor is. Suburbanites care if you’re relatively quiet and your kids behave in our nice public schools. There’s no housing discrimination here.. if you have a down payment and can get a mortgage you can buy any house on the block. Which I could see as a problem for all the black men Kamala has kept in prison for decades. Hard to save for that down payment when when you’re working for free in prison thanks to Kamala.

waitingforsupport said...

@7:56am...

Your interpretation of my statement is a reflection on your view of the world. I certainly don't mind having black brown green white orange(well maybe not orange) anything living next to me. Donny does. Remember his lovely little speech. Ps: Anonymous mentioned months ago how "i don't care that Trump says crazy things. I just care about my money". Well let me say this, "i don't care what Kamala did 10 years ago. I care about what she will do moving forward." Hell if a white black purple person committed a crime, I'd want them locked up too. Even Donny recognizes the broken criminal justice system. However after the black men YOU BROUGHT UP serve their time,I hope they move next door to you or me or anyplace they want to live. As for the down-payment, that's for Kamala, Joe and congress to look into. That's why i brought up the unfair policies and discrimination of home ownership, education, etc.
As for you,race is on your mind morning noon and night 24/7. If i were your student, I'd be able to smell that stench as soon as i cross your classroom threshold. Ha. You wouldn't be teaching at my school for long. I'd be that "Bi/=ch". Ha ha ha ha.

Anonymous said...

W4s. Not sure what to make of your comment that I wouldn't last in your school because you'd be that bitch. Do you mean that you'd undermine a colleague and try to get them fired because their politics differs from yours? Do you really think I've never had to handle a bitch before? Decades in the doe and I've never handled a bitch? Or do you just fancy yourself the biggest bitch in the room at all times? Well you can have that title. I can handle any bitch that comes my way. NYC working class roots. Tough talk doesn't intimidate me. Reminds me of street fights as a kid. I was taught don't focus on the trash talk or the glare in your opponent's eyes. Focus on their hands and where you can land the punches to actually win that fight. Your students would smell my stench? Which students? The hardworking ones or the thugs that rob the good kids of their education... the thugs you enable by making excuses for their behavior? All you lefties do is whine about race then you scream we're racists who bring up race when we counter YOUR racist bs. Keep trash talking and keep that glare in your eye...it's what the losers of the fight always do.