cornell covid testing

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i found the restrictions like masks almost a minor issue at best.. but then i didnt need to work around people and wear one all day. the people doing the work complained less than the people who needed to wear one for 10-15 at a time..

I am find with the restrictions going away but I dont think we are really low enough and if you wear a mask in some places you do get ridiculed which is sad.

The worst part is that when it happens again we now know a huge number are gonna not follow the rules again..  the good part is maybe its 100 yrs from now and most of us wont care.

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People suggesting governments, schools, etc. should continue to restrict gatherings, make classes remote, etc. need to be upfront about when (if ever) they'd be comfortable with these restrictions going away.

"Upfront" is obviously loaded rhetoric, since it implies the doctors and health policy experts have an agenda, whereas in reality they're practicing their profession as distinct from individuals who just want what they want cuz WAAH.

But I think it's fair to have trigger conditions for relief of these policies.  And I'll bet they even have them, as if the ideological opponents would (could) read them.

This is science vs fantasyland.  If you really need to put black and white hats on the parties, we all know who's who so please just stop.

I'm referring to people imposing restrictions (eg. governments and colleges) needing to be upfront, not doctors and health policy experts. To the extent doctors and health policy experts have an agenda, it's "keeping people healthy." Which is obviously a worthy and admirable goal, and they are absolutely not the bad guys. But doctors are not tasked with weighing the non-health-related costs of certain restrictions. It wouldn't make sense to ask a doctor to weigh the health benefits of remote learning (a subject on which they can opine) against the cost to a student of missing out on in-person learning (a subject about which doctors should not be expected to have any knowledge).

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its funny to think most college kids cared about in person learning when so many skip classes all the time..  i know not the majority, but still many.. i had 2 kids in college thru this.. the missed alot of stuff, but the going to class part not much..

have 2 other kids teaching thru this, again the kids who actually had responsible people at home to help them did pretty well. tons of kids fell thru the cracks, but also many of those kids didnt care about school before this all happened.

if the choice was in person or safety, then safety first. and many school districts only really had remote learning in the beginning because they had no other way to do it..  the 2nd and now 3rd year of this has been in person almost the whole time.

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so IC is making the leap to less mask mandates.. wonder if cornell decides to go that way ic masks coming off