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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can't we get some "normal" candidates who don't aspire to higher office? I feel like my baseline is so low: [b]believes schools should be open [/b]and doesn't mock the disabled.[/quote]

The schools have been open a long time now.  There were varying views at the time on how to handle the pandemic and anyone who expressed that there was certainty was wrong.

I don't think issues around opening or not are relevant now.   [/quote]

I wouldn't be so sure.  If it wasn't for Chap Peterson, they would have still had a mask mandate in place, maybe ending it over the summer.
People on this forum were calling for closures in March, saying cases were at a record high.  I think if they had a governor and state legislature that allowed it, school closures would still be on the table for whatever new variant is detected.
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I want people to consider the evidence and data around any new issue.  I don't want them to de facto say close the schools or not close the schools, or mask mandate or not mask mandate.  I want them to assess the risks and benefits with the data at hand and make the best decision possible given what we know.  A future variant may come where the evidence suggests mask mandates are worth any risks that wearing them entails.  Or that it's worth spending the money on high quality ventilation system.  I don't want knee-jerk politicized decisions from either side of the political spectrum.[/quote]

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