Most major sporting and business events here have been cancelled or delayed. Most colleges have either closed or switched to online classes for the rest of the month. However, only a couple of elementary schools have closed, and most of those are only closed for 2-3 days for “deep cleaning”. Like that will do any good... I’m sure it won’t be much longer, but I really don’t understand the hesitation to close schools. The absentee rate is already ~20% anyway.
Children are asymptomatic and aren’t even getting tested with travel history or known contacts. But the schools keep saying they don’t have any confirmed cases so they aren’t closing… I get that it’s inconvenient and it means parents or grandparents have to take care of most of them. But if you wait too long, tons will become asymptomatic carriers that grandma and grandpa shouldn’t be caring for…