-Closure will NOT be as effective if 1.1m kids aren't also mostly self-isolating. Closure will = broader shutdown
-Schools would have to close for extent of virus to be most effective
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But there is no simple route here:
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Latest version of our story:
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"There’s no ideal solution, we are comparing one bad thing with one potentially extraordinarily bad thing."
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But this, from a virologist I spoke with yesterday, is sobering: “The bottom line is that the potential consequences of not closing schools are really too horrible."
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