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Was there really a question? Or did our policymakers start from the required conclusion - the peasantry go back to work - and from there infer backwards to "the
by EliRivers 6y ago
Was there really a question? Or did our policymakers start from the required conclusion - the peasantry go back to work - and from there infer backwards to "their children need to go back to school so that said peasantry can go back to work"?
With that kind of thinking, I can understand that they don't actually have any idea about the transmission of Covid amongst children; they don't need that information as it has little bearing on the required conclusion.
I have presented something of a leading question. I know what I think the answer is.
- blub 6y agoI don't think it's just the government, at least based on what I see in e.g. Germany. Society has decided that kids have to go back to school because anything else is just too inconvenient. The lame excuses about lower transmission rates and the risk of developmental impairment are conveniently put forward to justify the decision.
- jshaqaw 6y agoFrom what I see in my own children, depression and developmental impairment are not fabricated risks. I’m not saying they outweigh greater public health concerns regarding the spread of the disease but the worries I have for my kids if the next school year is entirely remote go entirely beyond personal inconvenience. There are sadly no perfect solutions here.