It is obvious that education for children is an important issue, not only for the kids but for all of us.

We already have approximately 32 million adults in America who are considered to be illiterate; about 14% of the entire adult population cannot read.

It is also obvious that people MUST work. Nearly 80 percent of American workers (78 percent) say they’re living paycheck to paycheck. Without any money to feed your children, school is secondary at best.

It is also obvious that there is a certain amount of risk sending many thousands of kids to school. Who will educate your children if they bring Covid-19 home and you die?

At the end of the day it is parents responsibility to secure an education for their children. If the government can not or will not provide "safe" schooling parents must do so. This idea of cradle to grave protection from the government for every issue that comes along is not viable.

There are a lot of retired people, grand parents, and others who could take on the responsibility of teaching kids. Parents can teach at night when they come home from work. Hire private teachers when that is possible and pool resources with neighbors. This is actually already happening at the moment. Smaller groups, less risk, and a lot more work.

We can also just let people die, perhaps not a very pleasant option but a viable one. It is certainly what we do with other problems we are not willing to address. Tens of thousands of people in this country will die of drug addiction this and every year. Who is up in arms over that? Hundreds of thousands are homeless all over the country. Obesity, diabetes and other preventable conditions are all very common. 47,171 people committed suicide in 2017.

Yes it is unconscionably and beyond belief the pain and suffering caused by the death of those already pass from this pandemic. We can not change not even one death that has happened. We can effect the future by acting responsibly.

Humans are designed to survive these pandemics. We survived the "black death". It only killed half the population of Europe.

No country is having an easy time with this pandemic. There are no easy answers. This is a very unpleasant subject to be talking about anywhere and perhaps more so here on this forum. But... If you want to know how this relates to music, ask the next musician you see where he is working currently.


Best of luck to all of use,

Billy

Last edited by Planobilly; 09/09/20 11:27 AM.
“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”