As a resident of Loudoun County that pays their ridiculous property taxes.. -- TekkNerd 01/28/2021 12:14PM
It's on national news sites now so yea -- bigbadbird 01/28/2021 10:03AM
The "work from home" crowd here in Nova have been insufferable since -- HokieNoVA 01/28/2021 10:11AM
As long as the 100lb Teenage girls can run the registers -- bigbadbird 01/28/2021 10:16AM
My wife teaches in that district. She wants to be back in school too. -- psychobilly 01/28/2021 09:27AM
Some of the teachers are against it -- lchoro 01/28/2021 08:50AM
If teachers don't want to teach in schools then they should find a new ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 09:03AM
It's because we're so close to mass immunization ** -- lchoro 01/28/2021 11:44AM
That's today's goalpost. The variants will change that or something else ** -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 12:07PM
That's a fine thing to say, but... -- Beerman 01/28/2021 11:16AM
Most people aren't suggesting we literally fire teachers en masse -- HokieNoVA 01/28/2021 11:56AM
But what makes teachers different than first responders or any of the tons -- vt90 01/28/2021 11:55AM
This statement is a logistical impossibility -- RTFC 01/28/2021 4:52PM
I sympathize with the teachers for sure - my problems are 90% with the ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 5:03PM
To answer your main question, it really is apples to oranges.... -- JoesterVT 01/28/2021 12:28PM
I don't see it as apples to oranges but I respect your point ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 12:56PM
You supplied the primary difference -- Beerman 01/28/2021 12:13PM
I agree with this ... I just want better for my kid than minimally function -- vt90 01/28/2021 12:17PM
The shine of their profession is certainly wearing off! ** -- Hokiehouse7 01/28/2021 11:08AM
Can't cut into their Caribbean vacations while they teach "virtually" -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:20AM
Naïveté is thinking teachers have it good virtually. In my experience, -- BG Hokie 01/28/2021 10:18AM
Out of millions of teachers in the US, how many do you really think headed -- herndon teach 01/28/2021 09:38AM
If that's how you feel, why not demand she get fired? -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 11:28AM
I'll give you two reasons. 1) I have no idea who "she" is and 2) I don't -- herndon teach 01/28/2021 12:41PM
My experience is teachers are absolutley working their arse off -- Tafkam Hokie 01/28/2021 09:50AM
+1000 ** -- RTFC 01/28/2021 4:54PM
I agree with that 100%. All the teachers I know are busting their butts to -- vt90 01/28/2021 10:34AM
Yup. My wife is up all hours of the night trying to make this work. -- psychobilly 01/28/2021 10:06AM
Government at every level has been an epic fail for the kids ** -- TabbHokie 01/28/2021 09:17AM
My wife is a 4th grade special ed teacher ... -- OXVT 01/28/2021 09:29AM
I have a niece that teaches 3rd grade in rural VA, -- TabbHokie 01/28/2021 09:47AM
A lot of angry people right now -- Happy Dog 01/28/2021 07:25AM
Just hope people remember this when elections come around -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 08:03AM
Well with these new variants out and now the vaccine manufacturers -- HokieForever 01/28/2021 07:43AM
Once all of the truly vulnerable have been vaccinated, it is time IMHO ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 08:11AM
Speaking of the flu, we had almost zero flu deaths in 2020 -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:22AM
Amazing how people don't understand how this would logically happen. We -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 2:30PM
Covid mitigation practices also reduce the spread of Flu -- TabbHokie 01/28/2021 09:50AM
This is the argument that makes no sense to me ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 10:37AM
And they get classified as covid for extra dollars ** -- coshokie 01/28/2021 09:54AM
Another one... ** -- BG Hokie 01/28/2021 10:39AM
Well, I personally know of 2 people that had loved ones pass and the hospit -- coshokie 01/28/2021 10:48AM
Agreed, Yes but -- Vippie1 01/28/2021 08:34AM
Haven't been in a store in 6 months and seen someone not wearing a mask... -- Hokiehouse7 01/28/2021 11:11AM
Most studies have shown lockdowns do next to nothing. -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:23AM
Should say *American* lockdowns do next to nothing. -- HWA 01/28/2021 10:47AM
North Korean lockdowns have been even better -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 11:01AM
The all must suffer to protect a small minority approach has failed -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 08:54AM
I think you are being quite selective -- Vippie1 01/28/2021 09:08AM
We'll agree to disagree ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 08:42AM
Anyone have the statistics of kids committing suicide? Believe it's up... -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:25AM
It is up, but stats for 2020 aren't official yet. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 01/28/2021 09:47AM
and adults. And depression and alcoholism and the worst of all ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 09:29AM
I think you may be misinterpreting -- Vippie1 01/28/2021 09:03AM
90-120 days? So my daughter will miss well over a year of school? ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 09:10AM
Trying to stop it has always been a fallacy. Treatment is the key -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 07:56AM
Yep. There are free treatments available now that very few Dr's are using.. -- RUHokie 01/28/2021 2:04PM
I agree, follow the money is unfortunately a big part of all this. ** -- coshokie 01/28/2021 08:25AM
Please elaborate on follow the money, if capable. ** -- BG Hokie 01/28/2021 09:35AM
Faucci's role in the lead up and reaction to this should be looked at -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 08:33AM
It amazes me that people are still on this nonsense. And if it was an -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 2:29PM
Interesting that you have 0 interest in the man behind the science -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 3:27PM
No I have zero interest in baseless conspiracy theories that try to paint -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 5:07PM
Again, just making a reasonable question look extreme to discredit it -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 10:19PM
So what exactly are you saying. What is your “reasonable question” here? -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 11:08PM
I love a good conspiracy theory in the morning! ** -- BG Hokie 01/28/2021 09:36AM
What doesn't have a conspiracy theory attached to it nowadays though? ** -- vthokieq 01/28/2021 11:56AM
So, anyone that doesn't believe we are being told the truth, the whole -- coshokie 01/28/2021 09:52AM
The post implies that Fauci is complicit and involved in the origin and -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 2:37PM
There ya go, call it a conspiracy theory and ignore it. -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 09:41AM
What makes you think I want to continue with policies from the last 10 -- BG Hokie 01/28/2021 10:14AM
Then there's this that I saw surface recently (inside) -- MP4VT2004 01/28/2021 09:30AM
I don't understand why anyone listens to that fool ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 08:44AM
Well, some people listen to you and I. Just goes to show, -- saret 01/28/2021 3:06PM
He may be... -- 2hhoop3 01/28/2021 09:01AM
Yeah why should we listen to scientists and doctors when we've got much -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 2:42PM
Real scientists.... -- 2hhoop3 01/28/2021 2:51PM
Fauci most definitely falls into the former. You think he somehow has been -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 2:57PM
Never said.... -- 2hhoop3 01/28/2021 3:02PM
No you implied that he was only doing this for his "two minutes of fame". -- AbsolutVT03 01/28/2021 3:08PM
I consider..... -- 2hhoop3 01/28/2021 3:29PM
One mask didn't stop it, two will -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 08:48AM
Uh my wife does, asked me if I wanted to double up my mask, uh no ** -- HokieForever 01/28/2021 08:46AM
Double masking is so last month. We're triple masking now! -- vthokieq 01/28/2021 08:48AM
I'm going to start selling HazMat suits as a side hustle ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 08:52AM
But you could make it out of fishnet, and would still sell great! ** -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:27AM
Actual quarentines for the highest risk groups... -- One4VT 01/28/2021 08:16AM
Agry, said as much early on here and to my family -- HokieForever 01/28/2021 08:07AM
Yep, common sense has had no place for the last 10 months -- Vienna_Hokie 01/28/2021 08:13AM
It is going to happen ... -- vt90 01/28/2021 08:46AM
Exactly - If you look at the math -- GobblerCE 01/28/2021 10:54AM
It's more like "follow the junk science" -- EDGEMAN 01/28/2021 09:28AM
Not sure "less deadly" is accurate for some of those strains. -- vthokieq 01/28/2021 08:53AM
"Plans are nothing. Planning is everything." Eisenhower -- Happy Dog 01/28/2021 07:47AM