> The author completely overlooks the idea that while children are less likely to die from Covid-19 than adults they are just as likely to spread it to other pe

> The author completely overlooks the idea that while children are less likely to die from Covid-19 than adults they are just as likely to spread it to other people as adults are. Actually, the author did addresses this: they cited an article from Nature that found "No causal effect of school closures in Japan on the spread of COVID-19 in spring 2020": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01571-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01571-8 From the article's abstract: "By matching each municipality with open schools to a municipality with closed schools that is the most similar in terms of potential confounders, we can estimate how many cases the municipality with open schools would have had if it had closed its schools. We do not find any evidence that school closures in Japan reduced the spread of COVID-19. Our null results suggest that policies on school closures should be reexamined given the potential negative consequences for children and parents." (The full text of the article is available.)