Reaction from New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz.
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Jed over to you,
Jedediah the nations largest
school district, preparing to get
back in the classroom later this
month,
part of the agreement between
New York City and the teachers
union calls for covid testing
for staff here. To explain is
here to explain: is
New York, Post columnist, Carol
Markowicz?
I was concerned about parental
rights about this.
Can you decision into this
last minute addition from the
demand of the unions,
part of the reason they stuck it
in there to not have to open
schools,
because it is such an absurd
thing to do to have the tests in
school without parents present?
This is not. Let me be clear. It
is not producing a testify test
results from the childs
pediatrician, which I think a lot
of parents would be. Okay with
this is random testing at random
time at schools with no parent
present.
I just dont think it will fly
with parents
Jedediah what happens Carol
if a staff, member or parent
doesnt want to comply with
this? Is there a consequence for
them?
They say they will not be
able to attend.
I think that the question of
lets say a staff member versus
a student is different.
A grownup and adult can give
consent to be tested at random
time in school.
I dont think a child can give
that kind of consent.
I dont you have a arrangement
where a parent rushes to to
school for a supervised test.
I think that is a nonstarter.
This is the way to make sure
schools dont open
a continue, all delaying of
schools,
the union fighting to go all
virtual having pushback from
parents,
so I think it is just a method
of making sure schools dont
open,
Jedediah yeah.
We know that is delayed now
until September 21st.
That has just been announced.
What do you say to those on the
other side? You know what
this is a measure being put in
place because it is necessary in
order to keep staff members and
kids safe.
We have no choice.
Your response to that
this measure makes no sense
to keep everybody safe, because
it is random.
It has nothing to do with
symptoms and not universal.
I would be much more for the
idea that everybody who comes
into the school building produce
as negative test result,
maybe once every two weeks or
so
that makes a lot more sense to
me.
In general, though, children
very rarely contract the virus.
If you look at numbers all over
the world,
look at numbers in many places
where schools have opened. It is
just not that common.
They really dont spread it.
What were really should be
doing is focusing on the adults
in the building and having them
get tested regularly to make
sure theyre not positive and
not passing it to each other
Jedediah. You know the sentiment
seems to express to me is a
distrust of the people being
honest about what is going on
seems to me. If you have to
randomly test youre saying we
dont, necessarily trust parents.
To be honest with us,
we dont necessarily trust
staff.
We dont trust the process.
That is a problem, because this
will relies on some level of
trust
right.
I think the larger problem to me
all around the way the schools
last
were not having a conversation
about a lot of other things that
have opened
nail. Salons are open,
bars are open, as I say in the
column,
american cities all across the
country, decided to keep schools
closed
its a backwards process where
schools are last,
so I would be willing to have
the conversations about how we
can maintain the trust and how
we can test how we can keep
everybody safe, but schools have
to be open.
It has to be priority number
one
Jedediah. Thank you for being
here
important to note. No one will
care more about their childrens
safety than these children
parents.
They want their kids to be safe.
It is their children
it. I will was priority for them
much more than a priority for
anyone, anyone else who will come
in randomly test them.
Of course the parents prioritize
the health of their own.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-08.