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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I am UMC with a partner and pretty minor, run-of-the-mill mental health challenges, and this pandemic nearly broke me. I recognize every day that I was only able to keep things together for my now first grader because of my privilege and frankly luck (easy kid who adjusted easily to Zoom school and seems to pick everything up at school without effort). I seriously do not know how people do it without a partner, without tons of money, without totally losing their minds.

Thank you, PP. I agree 100%. This is such a depressing thread.

Yes, no matter how widespread the problem, nor how well documented the overall learning loss, it is always the first instinct to blame everything on the parents (Mom!), and to continue to shortchange children. It is interesting how far apart "liberals" are in this country ("Close the schools for a year or you are a Trumper!") from democratic socialist countries (Denmark, Sweden) that prioritized in-person schools over other activities.[/quote]

Exactly. Liberal countries we admire sent the kids to school without masks, and encouraged them to socialize within their cohorts. They recognized Covid as an adult emergency and prioritized normalcy for kids. Unsurprisingly, their measured response led to high levels of trust in public health and good vaccine uptake among adults.

Contrast all that with the CDC which recommends masking two year olds with no off-ramp. I hate Trump as much as anyone. Yet sometimes I just wish he had recommended closing schools and masking kids from toddlerhood and up. I think our pandemic response would have looked different. This isn’t settled science, it’s a reaction to Trump.[/quote]

1+. No one really has a response to this.[/quote]

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