Results: Schools and COVID-19
Published on 07/28/2020
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1.
1.
Do you think K-12 schools should have in-person classes this fall? Yes, at full capacity.
15%
407 votes
Yes, at partial capacity.
20%
538 votes
Undecided.
27%
716 votes
No, online only.
38%
1025 votes
2.
2.
If yes, why? Online classes are not effective.
19%
499 votes
Parents need the childcare that school provides.
19%
507 votes
There is no reason not to have in-person classes.
15%
407 votes
Not Applicable
57%
1525 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
89 votes
3.
3.
How many child deaths from COVID-19 nationwide are acceptable in order to keep schools open to in-person classes? None. No child deaths are acceptable in order to have in-person classes.
80%
2151 votes
Up to 100 kids dead.
5%
124 votes
Up to 1000 kids dead.
3%
82 votes
Up to 10,000 kids dead.
1%
26 votes
Up to 100,000 kids dead.
1%
28 votes
As many as needed to maintain in-person classes.
10%
275 votes
4.
4.
In a June 23rd article by Business Insider, the death rate of children age 5-17 from COVID-19 is listed as 0.03% (based on data from the CDC). The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) estimated that there were 56.6 million K-12 students in the US for the fall of 2019. Given these statistics, if half of the kids become infected with COVID-19, about 8,500 would die. Is this an acceptable trade-off to keep schools open with in-person classes? Yes.
8%
226 votes
Not sure.
25%
664 votes
No.
67%
1796 votes
5.
5.
Would this statistic still be acceptable if one of your children/grandchildren/nieces/nephews/some kid you care about dies from COVID-19 due to in-school exposure? Yes.
11%
284 votes
No, it would no longer be acceptable.
14%
370 votes
No, it never was acceptable.
76%
2032 votes
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6.
Do you think K-12 students can practice proper hygiene (thorough and frequent hand washing, constant and appropriate mask-wearing, not touching their faces, etc) and proper social distancing (6 feet apart)? Yes to all.
11%
302 votes
Yes to some.
22%
586 votes
No, not likely.
51%
1376 votes
Unsure.
16%
422 votes
7.
7.
Will your child attend in-person classes this fall? Yes, if available.
7%
191 votes
Yes, but I will only allow it at partial capacity.
4%
103 votes
Undecided.
8%
219 votes
No. We're doing online only and/or homeschooling.
9%
249 votes
Not Applicable
72%
1924 votes
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