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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Closing the schools at the start of the pandemic, when no one really understood what we were dealing with, was pragmatic.  Keeping the schools closed once the evidence showed that children by and large were not suffering significant adverse effects from Covid was insane.  They should have been back (in person) for the start of the 2020-21 school year, especially the elementary aged kids for whom there was less risk of illness as well as it being far more important for them to be in school in person.[/quote]

The evidence was not there at the end of the summer 2020. One study of a childcare facility? 
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It was crystal clear by the summer of 2020 that the people becoming severely ill and/or dying from Covid were the elderly and those with compromised immune systems or underlying heart or respiratory issues.  There was zero evidence of young children suffering adverse effects (and obviously we are talking statistically significant- there are always outliers).

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No, it wasn’t “crystal clear”. Because kids weren’t back in schools at that point. Obviously vaccines weren’t available. And rapid testing wasn’t accessible until that fall. We were in much different place in August 2020. 
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You are arguing that it wasn’t clear because kids weren’t in school as a retort to kids should have been in school because it was clear?  What?!

It was clear.  Decisions were made for the benefit of the adults, children be damned.[/quote]

Before the start of school in Aug/Sep 2020 there was very little “evidence” about the effects on children. Even anecdotally because very few schools were in person in spring 2020. 
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You seem to believe that children cease to exist during the summer.[/quote]

Certainly most weren’t in a group of 25+ other kids in a small, poorly-ventilated space for 6+ hours/day, including meals. 
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And the reason that schools couldn't simply open the windows in September and October or instal better ventilation systems with the billions of dollars distributed since the spring of 2020 is because.........[/quote]

Not all schools have operable windows or upgraded ventilation systems. And we still didn’t have much evidence that early in the school year. We just saw schools/classes with frequent closings due to outbreaks. 
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