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Treevly

Treevly

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Finally, some good racial news:
The Telegraph, London

Coronavirus will leave disadvantaged children even further behind their peers, a new report has warned, as it also revealed white children were up to two years behind pupils of Chinese origin. The research found that Chinese pupils were 24 months ahead of white students by the time they reach their GCSEs, while children of Indian and Bangladeshi origin are 15 months and four months in front, respectively.
The annual report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank also warned that the attainment gap between poorer pupils and their more affluent peers has “started to widen” for the first time in a decade. Researchers found that disadvantaged pupils in England were 18.1 months of learning behind their peers by the time they finished their GCSEs, the same difference as five years ago, with the Covid-19 pandemic expected to “increase the disadvantage gap significantly”.
 
Gypsy Nirvana

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Treevly said:
Finally, some good racial news:
The Telegraph, London

Coronavirus will leave disadvantaged children even further behind their peers, a new report has warned, as it also revealed white children were up to two years behind pupils of Chinese origin. The research found that Chinese pupils were 24 months ahead of white students by the time they reach their GCSEs, while children of Indian and Bangladeshi origin are 15 months and four months in front, respectively.
The annual report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank also warned that the attainment gap between poorer pupils and their more affluent peers has “started to widen” for the first time in a decade. Researchers found that disadvantaged pupils in England were 18.1 months of learning behind their peers by the time they finished their GCSEs, the same difference as five years ago, with the Covid-19 pandemic expected to “increase the disadvantage gap significantly”.
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- 2 of my kids go to a state school in London - and not due back till next week - My daughter has not been able to go to her secondary school since mid-March due to Covid lock-down - but she has done some home-schooling over the internet - and she is a dedicated book-worm at 12 years old - and is in the Top-Tier of students for her year - so I hope her education hasn't been adversely affected by this lockdown -

- On average Chinese kids are tested, and have a higher IQ than kids from the UK - this also helps them get ahead further academically - the average IQ of Europe has been decreasing over the past few decades - while East Asia's has remained steadily a few points above the average intelligence quotient of a European or an American -
 
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funkyhorse

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Treevly said:
Finally, some good racial news:
The Telegraph, London

Coronavirus will leave disadvantaged children even further behind their peers, a new report has warned, as it also revealed white children were up to two years behind pupils of Chinese origin. The research found that Chinese pupils were 24 months ahead of white students by the time they reach their GCSEs, while children of Indian and Bangladeshi origin are 15 months and four months in front, respectively.
The annual report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank also warned that the attainment gap between poorer pupils and their more affluent peers has “started to widen” for the first time in a decade. Researchers found that disadvantaged pupils in England were 18.1 months of learning behind their peers by the time they finished their GCSEs, the same difference as five years ago, with the Covid-19 pandemic expected to “increase the disadvantage gap significantly”.
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I am not racist but I do discriminate
It is a cultural difference, not an IQ one.
The chinese kids studying in England are coming from rich families, so these kids have access to opportunities other kids dont
In rural China, kids study 28 days a month from 6 am to 10 pm every day. They have 2 days off a month, a sunday every 2 weeks to visit their families. Kids live and sleep together, up to 20 in a room and stay to live at the school away from their families because there is not enough infrastructure(schools) and not enough teachers to teach the kids. Classrooms are crowded, up to 90 kids per class at the countryside. The best rural schools have only 60 kids per classroom.

In the big cities they study fromn 6am-6pm but kids sleep and eat at home with their parents.
You must excel at what you do, it is part of the culture.
There is a chinese concept westerners dont use or apply to their kids. Study hard. If you dont study hard, then work hard
In order to have a good job, chinese must excel because competition is fierce
Kids dont go to play games, their parents impose more brain cultivating activities in their free time like foreign language studies, or play music, or do sports. Chinese parents push and invest big money in developing their kid talents, there is no time for games and to have fun if you want to have a good life, you must work and study hard all your life and after you become 3 years old when they start to go to kindergarten, games are over

You also must understand China is experiencing a switch in values. This current generation is richer than their parents and grandparents and this is happening for the first time in history. And usually chinese families just have one kid and this kid becomes a little emperor, all resources of the family are invested in the education and growth of capabilities which will help the kid excel in this competitive world

If white kids would work and study as hard as their chinese counterparts, you wouldnt see a difference in IQ tests which are controversial and dont measure the real IQ but just the IQ on that given moment. When a fly is distracting a kid in an IQ test, this distraction shows and reflects on the result so please take IQ tests with a pinch of salt

Inside China there is a clear difference in performance and results between urban and rural kids. Urban kids spend less hours at school and have better performance than their rural counterparts

Is this the full article? Could you copy and paste it in full please? Cant read it without registering
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...s-two-years-ahead-white-british-peers-age-16/


Interesting subject, tyvm
 
Gry

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Fauci says he was in surgery when task force discussed CDC testing guidelines

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/fauci-coronavirus-cdc-testing/index.html


White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was undergoing surgery and not in the August 20 task force meeting for the discussion on updated US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that suggest asymptomatic people may not need to be tested for Covid-19, even if they've been in close contact with an infected person."I was under general anesthesia in the operating room and was not part of any discussion or deliberation regarding the new testing recommendations" at that meeting, Fauci told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
"I am concerned about the interpretation of these recommendations and worried it will give people the incorrect assumption that asymptomatic spread is not of great concern. In fact it is," said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Fauci's comments undercut claims by Adm. Brett Giroir, the administration's coronavirus testing point person, who told reporters on Wednesday that the new guidelines had the White House coronavirus task force's stamp of approval. Asked whether Fauci signed off on the guidelines, Giroir said, "Yes, all the docs signed off on this before it even got to the task force level."

"We worked on this all together to make sure that there was absolute consensus that reflected the best possible evidence, and the best public health for the American people," Giroir also said earlier in the call, pushing back on the notion that the new guidelines were the result of political pressure. "I worked on them, Dr. Fauci worked on them, Dr. (Deborah) Birx worked on them. Dr. (Stephen) Hahn worked on them."
The new CDC guidelines appeared to be the result of an idea raised to the task force by CDC Director Robert Redfield a month earlier, when a surge of coronavirus cases strained US testing resources and some members were looking for new messaging on how to stem excess testing.
Rather than continue to encourage anyone in close contact with a coronavirus-positive individual to get tested, Redfield suggested the CDC could relax the guidance, deeming a test unnecessary for otherwise healthy individuals not experiencing any symptoms, two sources familiar with the matter said. Experts worry that this will discourage the widespread testing of asymptomatic individuals that could help bring the pandemic under control.

The idea was met with immediate resistance from several task force members. In a coronavirus task force meeting Thursday, members debated the guidelines in-depth and in person, when Fauci was absent.
The new guidelines were quietly published on the CDC website on Monday, catching media attention Tuesday evening and drawing a deluge of criticism from the public health community.
The new guidelines stunned some federal health officials who are generally briefed on coronavirus matters, and many state health officials had also not been briefed on the change. Many federal health officials were scrambling on Wednesday to understand the impact of the new guidelines and who pushed through the change.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly lamented widespread testing in the US, falsely claiming it is responsible for surges of cases in the US and suggesting the US should slow down testing. Those comments and the surprising CDC guidelines led to allegations that the CDC's new guidelines were political and not scientific in origin.
"It's coming from the top down," a federal health official told CNN of the new directives. Giroir insisted the decision was science and evidence-based and said there was "no direction from President Trump, the Vice President, or the [HHS] Secretary about what we need to do when."
"This is evidence-based decisions that are driven by the scientists and physicians, both within the CDC with my office in the lab Task Force, and certainly among the task force members," Giroir said.
"These updated guidelines, coordinated in conjunction with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts,"
Redfield said in a statement released to CNN later Wednesday that "these updated guidelines, coordinated in conjunction with the White House Coronavirus Task Force, received appropriate attention, consultation and input from task force experts.""We are placing an emphasis on testing individuals with symptomatic illness, individuals with a significant exposure, vulnerable populations including nursing homes or long term care facilities, critical infrastructure workers, healthcare workers and first responders, or those individuals who may be asymptomatic when prioritized by medical and public health officials," he said.Previous CDC testing guidance said anyone who had close contact with someone with coronavirus should get tested, whether they have symptoms or not.
The site was changed to say: "If you have been in close contact (within 6 feet) of a person with a COVID-19 infection for at least 15 minutes but do not have symptoms, you do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your health care provider or State or local public health officials recommend you take one."
Redfield said in his statement that anyone who has been in close contact with a confirmed or probable Covid-19 patient should monitors their symptoms, wear a mask and stay at least 6 feet away from others, wash their hands, and talk to a health care provider or public health "to determine if (a) test is needed.""Testing is meant to drive actions and achieve specific public health objectives. Everyone who needs a COVID-19 test, can get a test. Everyone who wants a test does not necessarily need a test; the key is to engage the needed public health community in the decision with the appropriate follow-up action," Redfield said, adding: "Testing may be considered for all close contacts of confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients."
Dr. Carlos del Rio, infectious disease specialist and associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine, said on CNN Newsroom earlier Wednesday that the CDC has not provided evidence to explain the changes. "I mean, the evidence that I'm aware of as of today is that close to 40% of the cases of the infections are asymptomatic and asymptomatic people transmit the infection," del Rio said."So, not testing -- I mean, if you have been in contact with somebody for a few minutes, that's okay. But if you have been in contact for 15 minutes and that people doesn't have a mask, I think you need to be tested regardless if you have symptoms or not," he added.
American Medical Association President Dr. Susan Bailey called on CDC and HHS to "release the scientific justification" for the changes.
"Months into this pandemic, we know COVID-19 is spread by asymptomatic people. Suggesting that people without symptoms, who have known exposure to COVID-positive individuals, do not need testing is a recipe for community spread and more spikes in coronavirus," Bailey said in a statement.
California, meanwhile, will not abide by new guidelines, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a news conference. "I don't agree with the new CDC guidance period, full stop, and it's not the policy in the state of California," Newsom, a Democrat, said. "We will not be influenced by that change. We're influenced by those that are experts in the field that feel very differently."
This story has been updated with additional developments Wednesday.
 
Gry

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CDC Change



The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its Covid-19 testing guidelines, prompting confusion and concern from some doctors.
The agency no longer recommends testing for most people without symptoms, even if they've been in close contact with someone known to have the virus. Previously, the CDC said viral testing was appropriate for people with recent or suspected exposure, even if they were asymptomatic.
Asymptomatic carriers play a major role in spreading Covid-19. Testing and isolating these silent emitters are vital to providing a pathway out of the outbreak. Even the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, tested positive this week despite not showing any symptoms.
CDC's modified guidelines say people who were within six feet of a Covid-19 positive individual for at least 15 minutes, and are not showing symptoms, "do not necessarily need a test." The change troubled health experts in America, which has been besieged by coronavirus testing failures and shortages. Asymptomatic testing "is key to contact tracing, especially given that up to 50% of all transmission is due to people who do not have symptoms," Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, told CNN. "One wonders why these guidelines were changed -- is it to justify continued [a] deficit of testing?"
New Covid-19 cases may be falling in many US states, but some officials across the heartland are reporting a worrying rise in numbers. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state's infection rate "continues an alarming trend in the wrong direction." In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear warned cases could spike again as the state reported more deaths last week than "in any other week battling the virus."
 
Gry

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This is was calculated and timed so that it will result in an explosion of cases right at the election.
This will go down in history as a very poor decision
 
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xavier7995

Its really messed up how we are approaching disease control from a partisan perspective. Shouldn't be that way.
 
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