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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are stating the obvious. But another aspect is the "novel" aspect of this virus. Some studies show "x" while others studies show "opposite of x" and still another study is inconclusive. First kids didn't get sick or seem to spread it. Then wait, some do, and they can also get a severe reaction similar with a rash. Turns out children, particularly older children and teens, can spread it. 
How can we say "let science decide" when the science is constantly evolving around this? I'm not saying ignore the studies or the science, but realize it is still "novel" with a lot of differing conclusions in thousands of studies.[/quote]

So the default is to just deprive kids of their education, because we don't have 100% certainty? That's certainly not the way cultures with money (private school parents), cultures with a mission to educate (Catholics and some charters) and cultures that value education (Germany et al) are acting.  This is a POLITICAL question.  What you're getting at -- how to weigh decisions in a time of uncertainty -- was not done. Instead, politics ruled.  That's the point.  [/quote]

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