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“LA County Supervisor dines at restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining”<\/a> (Fox 11, LA):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just hours after Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted to ban outdoor dining at L.A. County\u2019s 31,000 restaurants over COVID-19 safety concerns, she visited a restaurant in Santa Monica, where she dined outdoors, FOX 11 has learned on Monday.<\/p>

During Tuesday\u2019s L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting, Kuehl referred to outside dining as \u201ca most dangerous situation\u201d over what she described as a risk of tables of unmasked patrons potentially exposing their servers to the coronavirus.<\/p>

\u201cThis is a serious health emergency and we must take it seriously<\/strong>,\u201d Kuehl said.<\/p>

\u201cThe servers are not protected from us, and they\u2019re not protected from their other tables that they\u2019re serving at that particular time, plus all the hours in which they\u2019re working.\u201d<\/p>

Kuehl went on to vote in support of restricting outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, which passed by a 3-2 margin of the Board of Supervisors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In other words, reasonable minds can differ on whether or not restaurant dining is permissible. Everyone can agree that public schools for children of the non-elite, closed since March, should remain closed. From the LAUSD site<\/a> (retrieved 12\/1):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the level of the virus in the Los Angeles area remains widespread, state guidelines say schools cannot reopen at this time, and we will not reopen schools until it\u2019s safe and appropriate to do so.<\/strong> We are preparing to serve students at schools as soon as it\u2019s possible, in the safest way possible. Our plans include the highest standards for health, education and employee practices at schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in Frogland… “Positive Test Rate of 11 Percent? France\u2019s Schools Remain Open.”<\/a> (NYT) How about in “give the finger to the virus” territory? From “Sweden has kept schools open during the pandemic despite spike in cases”<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it is good that they don\u2019t wear face masks<\/strong>,\u201d one mother tells FRANCE 24, as she leaves her children at school. \u201cI think it is very important that they go to school, otherwise it would be very difficult for me to work.\u201d<\/p>

The teachers also believe it is very important to stay open, particularly for struggling students.<\/p>

\u201cThey need a teacher in the same room as them to cheer them on and clarify things,\u201d says Charlotte Hammarback, a teacher at the NYA Elementary School in Stockholm. \u201cMost of the time these students will not ask for help, they will just sit and wait until someone comes up to them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

No-mask Mom doesn’t #FollowScience!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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