Re:Stanford cancels in-person classes for rest of the quarter
by rckoepke on Sunday March 08, 2020 @06:45AM
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Regarding school closures, I believe you're referencing this: https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1235204443362205699
Additionally weather: https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1235963670255071237
Re:Stanford cancels in-person classes for rest of the quarter
by gdubs on Sunday March 08, 2020 @02:10PM
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That’s a good thread.
The obvious concern is low income families. However, the calculus is whether they’ll be more devastated by the short term closures — or a much longer, much deeper recession if the virus spreads unchecked in the West.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/stanford-educator-tests-positive-f...
Don’t have the link on hand but there was a study floating around showing something like a 10x difference in impact for every week early a school closes during a virus outbreak. Seems pretty obvious that closing before a positive case, at which point the cat is kind of out of the bag, is much better than reacting. Especially in the situation we’re in now where the trend is obvious.