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‘Teen Mom 2’: Leah lets twins go to school amid pandemic and homeschools Ali, viewers call her logic 'flawed'

Corey warned the children not to get too excited because if the condition got worse again they would have to stay home

‘Teen Mom 2’ Chelsea Houska gave viewers a quick pregnancy update on the December 1 episode. She told viewers that she has an ultrasound in three weeks and that she had already thought of a name for the baby. However, the mom of three didn’t reveal a name yet.

Previously, Houska had a Covid-19 scare when she thought she might have contracted the illness. So when her husband Cole woke up feeling sick and having Covid-19 symptoms, Chelsea asked him to get tested immediately. He said with their little kids in the house and Chelsea being pregnant he would, “rather just know and not wonder” whether he had the virus or not.

Before doing the test we could see in the video that Cole was nervous about having, “the thing(cotton swab) shoved in the nose.” After the test Cole said, “I'm pretty sure they touched my f*****g brain.” After the test, Cole felt very anxious about the results and couldn’t wait to know if he tested positive or negative. After a couple of days, his results came in and he tested negative.

Leah on the other hand had an interaction with her ex-boyfriend Corey about whether to send their twin daughters to school or not, given the situation amid the pandemic. They both decided it would be all right to send them to school if they followed all the precautions. Corey warned the children not to get too excited because if the condition got worse again they would have to stay home. 

Corey took the girls to their school orientation and Leah told the camera all the children were wearing masks and the school had provided them with backpacks and they were not allowed to take any other backpack. She felt the school was taking all the right precautions and being strict with it and she felt it was completely safe to let them start their new year at school. The twins Aliannah and Aleeah were happy to interact with more people. Corey had a fun time with the kids and Leah taught them about e-learning. 

A viewer of the show felt Leah should allow her youngest daughter Ali to go to school as well, “At the point where Leah let the other 2 girls go to school and activities she might as well let the 3rd. She’s already exposed by letting any of them go anywhere…” Another tweet pointed out, “I wish they would tell us what month is this because when exactly  was Covid dying down.” Another miffed viewer stated: “Leah’s logic on letting 2 of the kids go to in person school & keeping one home is completely flawed!! Either one of the kids could bring COVID home." “It is MADDENING that we are 8 months into this pandemic and people still understand how transmission works,” said another tweet.

'Teen Mom 2' airs on Tuesdays at 8 pm ET on MTV.