As we approach winter, schools and businesses are becoming more worried as coronavirus cases increase.

Recently cases have been rising rapidly, so lockdown may be needed. Ohio coronavirus cases have gone up by thousands in these past couple of weeks, so Governor Mike DeWine is faced with hard decisions about what to do next.

“I think that our only option is to shutdown everything again if cases don’t improve,” sophomore Meagan Kirkendall says.

More and more high schools in the Cincinnati area have decided to go completely virtual recently. As of now, Badin isn’t one of them. Protocols to try and stop the spread have been enforced more lately.

“I think the problem is having large gatherings outside of school. Lots of kids don’t wear masks when hanging out with friends, and that ends badly if one of them tests positive,” Kirkendall says.

Another issue is the possible cancellation of winter sports. Badin was able to get through the whole fall sports season by following guidelines, but that might not be enough for winter sports to continue.

“I really hope that winter sports can have a season. However, if school goes completely remote, I don’t think it would be possible for that to happen,” Kirkendall says.

Badin is doing everything in their power to keep students in the building and give athletes their season. However, if schools and businesses are called to be shutdown, this won’t be possible.

“I think after we take a week or two away from school cases will start to slow down. Hopefully we can resume a normal schedule before winter break,” Kirkendall says.