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Probably for the teachers who would not otherwise be around children.  But overall, how is having kids out and about in the community going to slow down the virus spread, at least enough to justify the significant downsides of closing schools?  [/quote]

You are absolutely right.

[b]Shutting down schools to control spread needs to be combined with a shut down of basically any place where the children would otherwise go to congregate.  And no traveling for fun either.[/b]

Probably traveling an hour or so to drop the kids off at your sister's for the duration would be acceptable though.

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This. If they don’t also do this there is ZERO point to closing school,[/quote]

That’s bs. There is no other scenario like school, where virtually every kid in the country is packed elbow to elbow with other kids on a daily basis. There’s no stopping this, there is only slowing it down to reduce strain on emergency services. Which closing schools and cancelling large events, in combination with good hygiene, would achieve.[/quote]Virus transmission outdoors is about 80% lower than indoors.[/quote]

Plus there’s this:

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/03/study-highlights-ease-spread-covid-19-viruses

"The findings confirm that COVID-19 is spread simply through breathing, even without coughing, he said. They also challenge the idea that contact with contaminated surfaces is a primary means of spread, Osterholm said." [/quote]

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