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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 3622261, member: 504"] So, my son is a college prof whose university hasn’t fully decided on how to handle class. Some will likely be in person, some remote. He also does field scientific research with grad students that make distancing sometimes hard. His 16 year old daughter, while otherwise healthy, has some ongoing lung issues stemming from a 9 week premature birth. His wife is a speech therapist working in an inner city school system with many students coming from populations most often affected by the virus. The present corona situation in their area is relatively well controlled at the moment, but not nonexistent. I’m sure he, in his late forties, is far less worried about himself than he is about what he might bring back home. He is very careful right now, but viruses are sly little critters. I’m also sure a bunch of teachers have similar concerns. The school systems have to be exceptionally prudent about whether or how to open. My attitude toward this is the same as it is toward actuarial insurance stats. Nobody I know lives an actuarial life and while stats have some relevance, handling the risk appropriately can’t be completely stat driven. [/QUOTE]