As COVID-19 reveals, responsible adults are needed - in education and life | Eastern North Carolina Now

    The COVID-19 crisis, with all of its complexities, is revealing simplicities about education and life. There is nothing like a national crisis to distill what matters most, helping prioritize the paramount over the petty. Winston Churchill, a leader during a different time of global crisis, observed, "Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge."

    As the scope and nature of the virus become clearer, life feels complex and unfamiliar. Stakeholders have shifted. School buildings have closed. Education delivery models have changed. As one article noted, "We're All Homeschoolers Now." Free online educational resources seem to have proliferated; at times, it may feel like there's too much to navigate.

    Yet, intense simplicities are emerging. Here's one: We share a common aim of helping one another. Never have I been prouder to be an American. Neighbors are helping neighbors. School buses are being repurposed to deliver food. Private businesses are redirecting resources to make protective gear. Face masks for first responders-it's an American rallying cry being answered, right now, by businesses and individuals in our state and nation.

    Here's another simplicity: We all need community. Family and friends play a key role in keeping us safe and sane. Nothing takes the place of face-to-face interaction in our homes with those we love. While we are practicing social distancing, human touch with a responsible adult and a child is priceless. Online resources, while essential, can only do so much. The same is true of brick and mortar classrooms and even government.

    A third simplicity: We all must take personal responsibility. Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have said repeatedly that personal responsibility, ultimately, will make the difference in slowing the spread of the virus.

    This idea of personal responsibility applies to our children as well as to ourselves. Every child needs a responsible adult in order to flourish. Responsible adults are children's most basic first responders.

    The notion that it takes a village to raise a child is important, of course. But what we're seeing more of now is how important it is for each child's responsible adult to work closely with the village. Generally, it's best when that responsible adult can be a parent. However, society is blessed when other adults step in for children if the parent isn't available-and also, during times of crisis, when families need extra help.

    In this current moment of crisis, I want to highlight just a few of the ways North Carolina's schools are working to help students and families.

    Schools are expanding learning opportunities. Charter school leader Andrew Harris, CEO at Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies, is reaching across school silos to help district schools and other charter schools implement remote learning protocols. Kristin Brackett, a kindergarten teacher at Pinnacle Classical Academy, is sharing story time with her students through a YouTube channel.

    Schools are reminding students about what really matters. In a lighthearted video in which he juggles grocery bags and jumps on a pogo stick, Coach Scott Wolfe of Gray Stone Day School communicates a powerful message. Be patient, be kind, use your time wisely. "This is not a month-long snow day," he says. "Make yourself better today."

    Schools are helping meet basic needs. In Southeast Raleigh, PAVE Charter is serving as a food distribution site, providing breakfast and lunch to students from all over Wake County. Schools in Brunswick County and elsewhere are also providing meals for students in need.

    I am thankful for the ingenuity and generosity of our schools. And as a mother and grandmother myself, I applaud every parent, relative, friend or community member who is serving as the responsible adult in the life of a child. The simple truth is this: Children need support from responsible adults not just in moments of crisis, but all the time.

    Lindalyn Kakadelis is the executive director of the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools.

The totals below were collected from ARCGIS & GOOGLE
*Data includes both confirmed and presumptive positive cases of COVID-19.
-- Totals Updated November 4th, 2021 @ 11:10 am --

Worldwide
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
219,456,675 28,223 4,547,782
United States
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
46,220,296 140,250 750,077
India
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
34,321,025 25,226 459,652
Brazil
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
21,835,785 103,322 608,235
United Kingdom
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
9,171,660 138,053 141,181
Russia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
8,494,589 57,887 237,619
Turkey
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
8,121,196 97,663 71,298
France
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
7,002,389 104,395 115,418
Iran
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
5,954,962 71,461 126,763
Argentina
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
5,292,549 117,773 116,029
Spain
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
5,019,255 106,565 87,462
Colombia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
5,007,099 101,367 127,380
Italy
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
4,782,802 79,391 132,224
Germany
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
4,684,462 56,338 96,196
Indonesia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
4,246,174 15,909 143,481
Mexico
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
3,811,793 30,114 288,733
Ukraine
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
3,118,140 74,454 73,888
Poland
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
3,045,102 79,343 77,145
South Africa
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,922,735 49,728 89,220
Philippines
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,793,898 25,753 43,586
Malaysia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,486,630 75,956 29,091
Peru
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,203,310 68,572 200,326
Netherlands
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,156,582 123,579 18,474
Iraq
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
2,058,914 52,620 23,248
Thailand
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,935,442 29,109 19,394
Czechia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,783,227 166,751 30,840
Canada
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,726,767 45,466 29,080
Japan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,724,128 13,689 18,297
Chile
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,699,427 88,942 37,790
Romania
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,676,293 86,384 49,115
Bangladesh
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,570,238 9,326 27,880
Belgium
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,393,358 120,904 26,083
Israel
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,332,247 145,125 8,109
Pakistan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,275,158 5,819 28,496
Sweden
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,175,425 113,749 15,043
Serbia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,162,482 166,933 10,139
Portugal
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,092,666 106,325 18,180
Kazakhstan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
1,024,449 54,858 17,201
Cuba
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
953,750 85,083 8,250
Morocco
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
946,766 26,404 14,689
Vietnam
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
939,463 9,765 22,283
Switzerland
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
881,660 102,679 11,261
Hungary
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
879,092 89,953 30,994
Jordan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
868,493 81,553 11,077
Austria
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
847,408 95,187 11,400
Nepal
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
813,828 27,131 11,434
Greece
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
760,592 70,920 16,109
United Arab Emirates
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
740,136 74,834 2,137
Georgia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
732,965 196,850 10,185
Tunisia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
712,982 60,824 25,254
Lebanon
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
643,749 94,316 8,522
Bulgaria
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
619,284 88,469 24,589
Belarus
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
606,033 64,380 4,679
Guatemala
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
602,575 36,291 15,222
Costa Rica
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
561,432 110,999 7,111
Saudi Arabia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
548,760 16,037 8,799
Sri Lanka
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
542,793 24,895 13,791
Azerbaijan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
537,004 53,342 7,153
Ecuador
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
515,859 29,551 32,958
Bolivia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
514,679 44,872 18,936
Myanmar (Burma)
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
502,979 9,256 18,744
Slovakia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
493,277 90,404 13,112
Croatia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
476,832 116,978 9,332
Panama
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
473,005 112,118 7,320
Paraguay
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
461,184 64,477 16,256
Ireland
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
455,346 92,522 5,492
Lithuania
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
414,817 148,495 5,971
Kuwait
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
412,752 93,380 2,462
Venezuela
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
409,695 12,716 4,925
Uruguay
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
394,443 112,104 6,080
Denmark
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
393,199 67,528 2,717
Dominican Republic
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
384,208 37,092 4,144
Honduras
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
375,983 41,054 10,284
South Korea
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
373,120 7,206 2,916
Ethiopia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
366,097 3,711 6,494
Mongolia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
362,772 109,579 1,767
Libya
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
359,019 52,249 5,157
Slovenia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
341,699 163,175 4,784
Moldova
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
341,675 127,408 7,912
Palestine
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
335,709 67,456 3,669
Egypt
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
333,840 3,332 18,832
Armenia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
312,674 105,722 6,491
Oman
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
304,318 65,237 4,112
Bahrain
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
276,956 179,457 1,393
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
256,307 77,645 11,685
Kenya
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
253,512 5,330 5,282
Qatar
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
239,646 87,230 611
Latvia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
224,513 117,743 3,357
Nigeria
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
212,359 1,030 2,900
Norway
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
211,755 39,451 919
Zambia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
209,781 11,729 3,661
Singapore
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
207,975 36,464 442
Algeria
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
206,754 4,808 5,931
North Macedonia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
203,866 98,148 7,178
Estonia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
199,251 149,998 1,563
Botswana
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
187,281 80,074 2,407
Uzbekistan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
186,793 5,477 1,329
Albania
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
186,793 65,635 2,940
Kyrgyzstan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
181,499 27,780 2,676
Finland
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
160,948 29,117 1,176
Kosovo
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
160,809 89,554 2,978
Afghanistan
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
156,323 4,851 7,284
Mozambique
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
151,325 5,033 1,932
Montenegro
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
145,936 234,488 2,119
Zimbabwe
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
133,091 8,779 4,684
Ghana
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
130,287 4,303 1,182
Australia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
129,567 5,048 1,448
Namibia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
128,963 52,447 3,557
Uganda
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
126,321 3,135 3,219
Cyprus
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
124,973 142,680 576
Cambodia
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
118,787 7,770 2,807
El Salvador
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
113,422 17,487 3,654
Cameroon
Confirmed Cases Cases per 1M People Deaths
104,348 3,931 1,731


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