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  1. Union_Fan

    VHSL adopts model 3

    I don't bother trying to discuss anything even remotely political anymore, and these days, that's nearly everything, because I found myself making everyone mad. No political party has a monopoly on ignorance. If Republicans passed a resolution that the sky was blue, Democrats would oppose it, and if Democrats passed a resolution that grass was green, Republicans would oppose that. I miss the days when people did what was right, NOT what is right for THEM. If people are so stubborn/ignorant that they will not believe the very truth that is before them because it doesn't align with their private "reality", then that only leaves us with a cleaner gene pool. Might be harsh, but you can't fix stupid.
    4 points
  2. There're several teams from the former LPD that would agree.
    3 points
  3. Ryan4VT

    VHSL adopts model 3

    It’s not as big an issue of the kids getting it. Make no mistake. Kids will get it as they go back. They already have in states that have already started school. It will spread among children. Is it as deadly? Not compared to other groups, no. But you have to look past the school and go to the home. Those kids who get it, maybe they live with Grandparents because the parents died in a car crash. Maybe the parents themselves are older. Those kids are going to bring it home. Those parents/grandparents — who have been vigilant and safe for 5 months by wearing masks, staying inside and following the guidelines that WORK — and now they are sick and die. All because of another family who didn’t follow those guidelines and sent their kid to school with the virus and infected countless others. It’s the same argument about sports. It’s NOT about the players getting it. They will. And they’ll recover. But it’s about the families they go home to. And the fans that sit in those stands if you open them back up. Stop looking at the micro and look at the macro. It’s not an easy decision to make school virtual. I understand that. Believe me. My wife and I, along with my stepson’s father and stepmother, had some real discussion for weeks before we decided to make him 100% virtual for the entire school year. It will likely hurt him in the short run academically. It’s something we are going to work hard to mitigate. But at the end of the day, is it worth sending him back for him to potentially get it and bring it home to his mother who won’t survive the virus? It’s never as easy as “go or no.”
    2 points
  4. For the 742nd time... Approximately 1 in 6 (16%) people in the US had H1N1, and it killed under 13,000 people. That’s roughly in line with any standard flu. Approximately 1 in 50 people (2%, and I’m rounding up) has had COVID-19, and it has killed 172,000 people (I’m rounding down). Let’s recap. COVID-19 has affected 1/8 the people of H1N1 and has killed 13 times the number of people of H1N1. You’d have to be willfully stupid to consider this a government conspiracy. Is it politicized? Of course. Are people worrying needlessly? Of course! But my goodness, intelligence seems to have left the building in 2020.
    2 points
  5. Ryan4VT

    2020 Fantasy Football

    https://fantasy.espn.com/football/league/join?leagueId=93883935&inviteId=40add996-5a3a-4d84-8fd9-61b26900b095 there y’all go. Need 9 players. what day do we want to draft? We’ve obviously got a bit longer since the season is still several weeks away.
    1 point
  6. Loss of intelligence is growing at an exponential rate this year.
    1 point
  7. Plywood_King

    VHSL adopts model 3

    Not Ceres-proper, more Olympia. A small portion of northeastern Smyth County has a Ceres mailing address. I know that when I went to high school at Marion, several students travelled to Marion for high school from the "upper end" of Rich Valley and Nebo without complaint from the school board, so long as they had transportation. There were two classmates of mine, unrelated to each other, who transferred from Northwood to Marion their Junior year when they got driver's licenses, because their RVHS alum parent didnt want them going to "that damn Saltville school."
    1 point
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