Your Starkly Different Perspectives on Omicron
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As the Omicron stage of the pandemic wears on, many of you are anxious, frustrated, and incredulous or even despairing as to how others are behaving––but you’re not of like mind. Some of you believe that the response to the new variant is overwrought, while others think that it is underwhelming.
“How should America’s colleges, high schools, and elementary schools handle the winter surge of COVID-19 cases associated with the Omicron variant?” I asked earlier this week. “What do you like most or least about how your educational institution is handling the pandemic? What local details of interest can you share about how matters are being handled near you?”
Your answers encompassed starkly different perspectives. While I don’t know if any of them will win converts, they’re worth showcasing, if only to better understand how others are feeling and why.
Jenny from Texas says everyone near her is struggling:
I live in Houston. I am a mom to two teens and a Special Education Teacher / Learning Interventionist. We are all vaccinated and boosted except for our 14-year-old and we are waiting to speak with his pediatrician, but expect to get him boosted soon. It is a literal sh$t show here in Texas with everyone all over the map. Panicked vaccinated people with a big ole boot load of people who act like this thing does not exist. What is not disputed is that this is the hardest thing we have had to navigate as parents or teachers.
My children are in private schools that are mask-optional (can’t even) and I work in a therapeutic setting with children who literally can’t learn if they can’t see
