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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In retrospect, it was appropriate to close schools in March, 2020. Covid was new. People were dying in Wuhan. The hospital system in Italy became totally overwhelmed. Then New York City. And so on and so forth. It was a new virus. No one knew anything. People were dying. The health care system didn't have the capacity or the knowledge to deal with this. Shutting things down at that moment in time was the right call.

Six months later when we knew a lot more - and particularly after we had effective vaccines - it was a disaster to close schools for another year. The learning loss was enormous. And so too was the basic socialization of children. Formative brains do not do well in isolation. Kids need school for lots of reasons. Anyone who has spent any time in public schools lately can attest that this is often a pretty damaged group of kids.

It was a mistake to keep schools closed. Blame the teachers union. Blame the political polarization at that time. If you recall, keeping schools closed made you a good liberal. Wanting them open made you a heartless MAGA. It was an ugly time and we made a mistake shutting things down for kids.  [/quote]

+100. No notes.[/quote]

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