I'd love to be in school in person, but when our community is trending up in cases & hospitalizations and is 98% from community spread - how is it safe?

Because it's not possible to "do something." Sorry, but simple fact. It's too late.

This is the US. Aren't we supposed to be the best? Why is Germany able to "do something" and we aren't? What am I missing?

we accept risk of death all the time, daily, for our students

I'm not worried about our students, I'm worried about our older teachers, subs, staff, and families.

Few are at serious risk of anything other than a profoundly reduced quality of life

Is that.. supposed to be reassuring? I'm gonna assume a typo there. Even if mild we're talking weeks off of work and hundreds of dollars in bills.

Our showing fear is terrifying for them. We don't do that even if there is active War and we are being shellacked

Much better reason not to have school in person? I'll be less terrified looking in an online video than in person in a mask.