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You’re conflating two different issues. As I stated above, yes, PEOPLE made the choice to close schools. We agree on that. That is different from acknowledging the general premise that Covid has changed our lives - far beyond schools, for that matter. Look at the impact it’s had on the workplace and public health, all of which also affect kids in a less direct way.

And the fact that people made the decision to close schools is inconsequential for purposes of this discussion. The OP is about feeling sadness about things kids are missing out on and how their lives have been affected. You seem to be arguing that parents shouldn’t feel that way because people made the decision to close schools…? I mean….

I’m sorry, but are you really this stupid? I’m arguing (and there is more than one PP making this point) that the kids’ lives SHOULD NOT have been this affected and they SHOULD NOT be missing out on things and the only reason they are is because the adults making all of the decisions are GD idiots.[/quote]

Yes. Our response has affected kids disproportionately. Our news media has been fear mongering and our teacher’s unions do not have the best interest of kids at heart.

The conversation about Covid looks very different elsewhere.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58270098

“ It is now a serious question that has implications for whether children should ever be vaccinated. And whether we use the virus or booster shots to top up immunity in adults. Both have become contentious issues.
"We could be digging ourselves into a hole, for a very long time, where we think we can only keep Covid away by boosting every year," Prof Eleanor Riley, an immunologist from the University of Edinburgh, told me.”

Our mitigations have no off-ramp and there will not be agreement on when to consider Sars Cov 2 endemic. Mitigation practices could go on for years in blue states. [/quote]

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