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Friday, March 13, 2020

Listen to Trusted Expert Advice: Coronavirus, Schools, Fear and an Uncertain Future | Ed In The Apple

Listen to Trusted Expert Advice: Coronavirus, Schools, Fear and an Uncertain Future | Ed In The Apple

Listen to Trusted Expert Advice: Coronavirus, Schools, Fear and an Uncertain Future


This was going to be a busy week, meetings, events, every day, planning for events over the next few weeks. My phone began to ping, one by one the meetings/events were postponed and/or cancelled.
An event I was sponsoring, six weeks down the road, after consultation, I postponed.
The NCAA March Madness basketball tournament cancelled; the NBA and the NHL suspending all games, MLB delaying the opening of the season  Broadway dark, and, unfortunately some electeds becoming “experts.”
At this writing the stock market is down 10% today!!
The source of all coronavirus advice is the CDC, the federal agency: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/prevention.html
To quote Mayor de Blasio, “We must separate fact from fiction.”
How to respond to positive tests in schools is complex, and is evolving hour by hour, day by day.
China and Italy did not respond quickly, a major error and allowed the virus to spread.  The extreme measures that we have taken, hopefully, will slow the CONTINUE READING: Listen to Trusted Expert Advice: Coronavirus, Schools, Fear and an Uncertain Future | Ed In The Apple