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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The US ha ever valued public education or public school teachers. Not surprising that a once-in-a-100-year pandemic that's killed 400,000 people in this country makes no difference. You know in a month, more people will have died from COVID-19 than in WWII. Just putting it in perspective how devastating this has been.[/quote]

Of course nobody expects the pandemic to "make a difference" in the US' attitude towards public education - what a nonsensical way to put it. What is shocking is the depth of the disregard for this communal good, not only by leaders but by the teachers themselves and by a good part of the parents and the general population, to the point where kids are being deprived of access to proper schooling for over a year.

And while the death toll of the pandemic is indeed tragic, it is not comparable to WWII, which killed mostly young, healthy people in the prime of their lives, while nearly half of US Covid deaths happened in nursing homes. Those deaths absolutely matter as well, but the life years lost are not nearly the same. The fact that this comparison keeps getting brought up unqualified, and questioning it is pretty much taboo (just watch me getting flamed for saying it), is just more evidence that [b]we are a gerontocratic society that has no concept of valuing kids and their quality of life[/b].[/quote]

You go, PP.  Couldn't agree more.[/quote]

This!!

I’ve been thinking about who has sacrificed the most during this pandemic, outside of those who have contracted covid and their families. It’s kids. Kids have given a year of normal childhood and education, given up their mental health and generally sacrificed for adults. It’s time we stop overlooking kids for our own sake. I’m not saying throw caution to the wind, but let’s see some balance.[/quote]

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I have mixed feelings about the point being made here.  I have kept my young kids in virtual school for the year for THEIR long term health, not mine.  I actually have to work in person, I cannot telework.  The issue I have is there is this weird denial about long term physical health issues from covid and what that means for kids.  Latest studies are showing lung damage even for ASYMPTOMATIC persons is worse then the damage seen in lifelong smokers.  Young college athletes are having significant heart issues that may/may not ever improve - we just don't know yet.  Given the severity of the virus that we knew of from Italy/China experience last year, I felt it was pretty logical there would be long term damage and didnt want my kids to carry that cross if I could help it.  I think this last year of closure has given us a safe path forward (masks, distancing) so kids can get back to school.  It will never be zero risk, but I feel like one year out was the smart move and we learned a LOT about this disease in that time so if our family gets it we will be better served by our healthcare providers in combating it.[/quote]

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