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Despite the discovery of many asymptomatic cases in recent days... Yeah, this is gonna go *great*. @YonhapNews/1266187975571828736Permalink On twitter.com
Mood +4 🙂
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Those asymptomatic cases came up in follow-up testing after a cluster among workers in an express delivery company in Bucheon, Incheon, and Seoul: koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200526000900Permalink On twitter.com
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But the Ministry of Education presses on, because “It is not possible to provide sufficient education to students through remote classes alone." (Ahem: really?) koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/05/27/socialAffairs/school-coronavirus-covid19/20200527190300200.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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I've heard that some high school seniors have protested, "We're not lab rats!" after being sent back first, like canaries into the coalmine: mobile.newsis.com/view.html?ar_id=NISX20200518_0001028768#_enliplePermalink On twitter.com
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(Incidentally, if I read that first line right, it suggests about 80% of students objected to the return to classrooms; that's approximately the same result I got polling my undergrads about their feelings regarding offline classes, a few weeks ago.)On twitter.com
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(Tellingly, among the students I polled in my classes, 79.2% felt classes should remain online. Probably not coincidentally, equal numbers disagreed (20.8%) and, in a different question, stated that said their reasons were purely non-academic but rather social.)Permalink On twitter.com
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Back to public schools in South Korea: one teacher told Reuters that they feel it's like carrying a time bomb, with all the difficult-to-implement rules: insider.com/south-korea-schools-reopening-dividing-screens-canteen-classroom-photos-2020-5Permalink On twitter.com
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So, yeah, I'm watching and wondering just how this is all going to unfold. Given the number of asymptomatic cases uncovered and the gov't warnings of how many more probably exist? Well... I'll keep my predictions to myself, but...Permalink On twitter.com
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... I can't help but think back to this post: populargusts.blogspot.com/2007/11/yusin-lives-on-at-school.html Which is dated: a lot has changed since then, and yet...Permalink On twitter.com