Meet the teacher night was held in person this past Thursday. Parents and children were scheduled two at a time for a 10 minute meet and greet. My daughter had her schedule set Wednesday and received a cancellation Thursday morning, one of her families had tested positive for Covid. If they had come she would have been in quarantine BEFORE the 1st day of school even began. It's ridiculous to think you can bring hundreds of children back into a school building and still prevent the spread of Covid. One school district here was in school one week and all the teachers in the middle school tested positive. Now they are virtual. When all the teachers get sick who is going to teach? Virtual school is the safest way to do school at this time. It is not ideal by any means and will certainly be difficult for a lot of children and their families but it is still the safest.
Members of the President's task force on Covid (Dr, Birx) were here in Okla. two weeks ago giving Governor Stitt recommendations on how to slow the spread. They recommended closing all bars in the state and issuing a statewide mask mandate. Both of which he refused to do. This week Oklahoma is now in the RED zone. Go figure!
The University students have been trickling in for the past 2 weeks and our infection rate has steadily risen. I'm very disappointed that OU has not chosen to go virtual and that they are still planning on a football season. They only plan to fill the stadium to 30% of capacity. Lets see....a stadium that holds roughly 140,000 that would only be 42,000. What could go wrong there.......? I guess I'll be stuck in my house for the next 2 to 3 years!
Yesterday Piper's baby sister was born. Libby Gael weighed 5lbs 4 oz. and was 17 inches long. I was surprised to hear they went home today but I guess they want them out of the petri dish as soon as possible. I hope I'm not 90 before I get to meet her.
If I sound a bit sorry for myself I guess I am a little blue. Seems to be this season's color!
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It's hard to be upbeat when there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. It seems the country is playing a strange game of whack-a-mole with the virus. It's all well and good to hoe for a miracle but we really have to all realize this will take work and sacrifice from everyone. Sigh.
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