"Are We Seriously Talking About Closing Schools Again?"
The city average positive testing rate for #COVID19 touched 3% (lagely due to a local flare above 5% in Southern Staten Island).
This is the excuse Mayor #DeBlassio uses for shutting down schools. Really?! Why?
A positivity rate of 3% is admirably low - well below the WHO goal of 5%. To illustrate that point, the attached graph ("we want to be below this line") is from the NYC health department.
Look at the facts. Even aside from the localized nature of the brief rise, can you see any reason to panic? Of course not.
The residents of New York City are much too tolerant of their zany, dictatorial mayor.