Kansas City Back To School Until Inevitable COVID Shut Down Redux

Our biggest concern here is that we don't want to write anything that might contribute to panic or feed into the unproductive partisan slap fight. 

Remember . . . This is a DUMB-ASS LOCAL JOKE BLOG that was popularized when Facebook was just a bit of stolen controverisal code and is poorly dutifully maintained by a failed pre-med city college grad who is smart enough to realize that commentary about women's lingerie is just as important as community news when it comes to making (human) sacrifices to the algorhythm false gods. 

Nevertheless . . .

It is fair and reasonable to share concerns about COVID and the impact on legions of youngsters who are going back into packed classrooms with only some flimsy cloth masks for protection.

OF COURSE . . . We hope everything works out for the best. 

However, throughout this pandemic we've seen health experts and politicos reverse course quite a few times.

It's not a conspiracy or cynical to anticipate and prepare for the "science" to evolve yet again. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with families navigating this pandemic hot mess that might or might not risk the lives of innocent youngsters . . . Meanwhile the rest of us wait & see from what we hope is a safe distance.

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