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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a certain point, to keep my sanity, I just had to decide there was a non-zero risk of getting Covid and carry on.  I know people who profess to be complete isolationists who've had Covid, and I know people who work in customer-facing indoors service professions who haven't had it.  [/quote]

Two of my kids attend private school. At the beginning of the year, I kept them home. When we had the opportunity to send them several half days, we decided to give it a try. What I found was that although I still worry every day, the strong protocols, my kids' commitment to them, and how second nature the measures quickly became were empowering.  For instance, while the kids were initially grumpy about eating in silence, they got over that in about a day. They happily accept the masks (mine wear N-95), distancing, silent lunches, and other measures in exchange for the opportunity to go to school.

As a person prone to anxiety, I can attest that the hysterical tone of this debate over schools is not doing anyone any favors. I don't want any teachers to get sick or die, must as I don't want my own kid to get sick or die. I know many people who refuse to do anything, claiming martyrdom for their contribution to stopping community spread. The truth is that they aren't all sacrificing for the greater good, [b]they are staying in for purely selfish reasons - their own fear of sick. [/b]In many cases, it is fear and anxiety that is more harmful than the actual risk of COVID-19.
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News flash: fear of catching a potentially deadly, highly contagious disease that you can spread to others by breathing is NOT selfish. If more people had this fear back in 2020, we wouldn’t be here now. [/quote]

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