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The head @sickkids says Ontario children shouldn’t return to the classroom until educators have one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and there's low community spread – conditions that would likely mean remote learning for the remaining two months of the year. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Earlier this month, the Ontario government closed schools across the province and moved 1.5 million students to remote learning indefinitely, joining the 500,000 who had already opted for online instruction in the fall. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
. @ronald_cohn said in-person school is difficult because COVID-19 infections are high, ICU numbers have ballooned, and hospitals are overburdened.
Transmission would need to fall “significantly," and the adults would need some COVID-19 protection, he said https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Transmission would need to fall “significantly," and the adults would need some COVID-19 protection, he said https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
“It would be great if children could go back to school, but the current situation is unfortunately so fragile,” Dr. Cohn said. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Even a regional approach to reopening schools, which some parents have called for, could be challenging, Dr. Cohn said. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Patients are being transferred to hospitals across the province, including to areas with low transmission. Reopening schools could contribute to increased community spread, which would pose even more challenges for the health care system, Dr. Cohn said. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Although educators and many families called for classrooms in Ontario to be closed as COVID-19 infections increased, there's growing concern about the mental health and social well-being of children whose schooling has been disrupted since last spring. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
Caitlin Clark, a spokeswoman for Education Minister @Sflecce, said the “priority in the immediate term is saving our health care system,” and the government is following the advice of its chief medical officer in closing schools. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-hope-wanes-that-ontario-students-will-return-to-in-class-learning/
