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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents are looking out for the best interest of themselves and their children. 
Schools are looking out for the best interest of the most vulnerable students and staff.  It’s a different outlook.  They don’t want to be the reason people get sick and die.

I don’t understand why that is so hard for people to see.  We need to look out for the “we” not the “me”. [/quote]

It isn't that simple. It's not about "we" or "me". Keeping schools closed also harms the community significantly. Arguably, it harms more people. Arguably, parents who "are looking out for the best interest of themselves and their children" are thinking in terms of "me". The same is true for the school administrators who "don't want to be the reason people get sick and die," i.e. are concerned about liability. That doesn't mean they aren't also genuinely concerned about the well-being of the community, but so are the people who think schools should open.

Ultimately, the question is whether you consider the harms from closed schools greater than the potential virus-related harms resulting from opening them, not whether you care about the community vs. yourself. Both choices entail risks for the community and we need to decide which risk is greater. It's a complicated problem with no simple answer.[/quote]

The most sensible post so far.  But to the society at large, the harms from school closing would be way greater than the potencial harm from Covid-19. [/quote]

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