Amy Cielak

gutsy. tenacious. creative. big-thinker. wholehearted. trustworthy. math nerd. servant leader. boy mom. ride or die friend.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

“Tomfoolery!” Best description of covid school protocols!

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids https://t.co/6otrCiIajC

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

https://t.co/n8YLepC7WL

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Bringing this back...We have a catostrophic #teachershortage and #nurseshortage. When will #womenswork be respected in the US?

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Approximate representation of women in essential work.
-Childcare - 90%
-Eldercare - 90%
-Social Work - 80%
-Healthcare - 75%
-Education - 75%
-Retail - 55%

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

I continue to have hope for these founders. https://t.co/o6DRMbiQ53

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

“It is unserious to prioritize the old over the young. To shut down schools for two years in the name of safety. Sacrificing the needs of children for the neurosis of adults.” Preach. 🙌🏻 https://t.co/C186YcxyGg

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

I volunteered in my kid’s classroom this week. I saw…Kids having a hard time hearing each other. Kids missing social cues resulting in tears. Kids taking their masks down to be heard or to be seen. Kids not wearing masks properly. It’s time to ditch them.

[Monica Gandhi MD, MPH @MonicaGandhi9]

"Respirators/ other high-quality masks are highly effective at protecting their wearers, regardless of what people around them are doing ('my mask protects you and your mask protects me’ is obsolete). Allows for masks optional for students & staff
https://t.co/Qbi4Za2rz4

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Really good. I’m so grateful my children have been in school during the omicron surge. They need the routine and normalcy. I do think work needs to be done on school staffing. The private sector has an opportunity to show up to keep schools open.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

@bettybetty700 I am aware of adults who have made unvaccinated children sit far away from them, had children raise hands to show vax status, shamed young kids for not wearing their mask correctly, judged kids for not switching to N95s…and so on. These adults are self-righteous bullies.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

How can we get more Bettys in this world? There are too many adult bullies shaming and allowing kids to bully over vax status and masking (now the TYPE of mask worn 🤯). Just stop. The kids have had enough and the adults need to grow up.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

This is so infuriating. This hurts women who take on the overwhelming majority of childrearing tasks. Most employers don't offer back-up-childcare and even when they do, it's not easily accessible. Testing symptomatic kids so they can stay seems reasonable.

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

I do not undersatnd how policymakers can read this, or anything else that has been written on this topic in the last few days, and not try to help. Test to stay for child care? Where is the CDC?

https://t.co/ci9rAVg8Bl

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

I do not undersatnd how policymakers can read this, or anything else that has been written on this topic in the last few days, and not try to help. Test to stay for child care? Where is the CDC?

https://t.co/ci9rAVg8Bl

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Bet all he made her was a pop tart. And it was cold by the time she came in. 🙄

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Celebrating a week where my kids were in school 5-days. I'm grateful to the staff and admins for the nuanced approach from our district rather than jumping on the school closure bandwagon. It likely hasn't been easy and credit deserved where credit's due.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

It would be foolish to argue that the wide-spread mental health issues that pandemic teens are experiencing isn’t related to lockdowns and closed schools. #keepschoolsopen

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Universities should bring students back. It's our responsibility.

My latest in Atlantic.

https://t.co/808RsmOyi8

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

This got me. These are not anecdotes. It’s happening in your neighborhood and mine. Kids do not have unlimited reserves of resilience. #keepschoolsopen

No Way to Grow Up - The New York Times https://t.co/sBwOsld05J

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

@TracyBethHoeg Accurate. Spend any time on a school and you’ll see very little compliance.

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

@MonicaGandhi9 Our uncle x is refusing to take a test. Every family has one. *shakes fist and mutters*

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

No, no, no. Never again.

[Joseph Allen @j_g_allen]

Do not close the schools again.

My latest, for @nytimes.

https://t.co/drtBaHmp5C

[Amy Cielak @AmyCielak]

Where do I put it on file that my kid is fully vaccinated and I don’t need a notice that he was within 6 ft of a “confirmed case” while masked?