1. Yes, they're mocking @GovRonDeSantis for questioning whether it's a good idea to deny all children a year of education, socialization, or to keep at risk youth in an abusive HH, etc.
Abuse hotlines blowing up down here.
Even though the risk to those under 30 is near nil.
Abuse hotlines blowing up down here.
Even though the risk to those under 30 is near nil.
2. P.S. @GovRonDeSantis is just taking feedback from most of the school systems he oversees, including my very liberal one that has been mulling how to return to school safely after April 30, FOR WEEKS.
The risk to children is EXTREMELY low. Risk to them for lack of edu is high.
The risk to children is EXTREMELY low. Risk to them for lack of edu is high.
3. “We know from previous studies that school closures are likely to have the greatest effect if the virus has low transmissibility and attack rates are higher in children. This is the opposite of COVID-19.”
Russell Viner, researcher at UCL's GOS Institute of Child Health.
Russell Viner, researcher at UCL's GOS Institute of Child Health.
4. Again, a major problem with this response — and the debate that surrounded it — is that we acted as if everyone agreed with Drs. Anthony Fauci, Deborah Birx, Charles Murray and the rest of the Bill Gates circle, etc.
That's just not true. The other voices were muted by media.
That's just not true. The other voices were muted by media.
5. There is a wealth of evidence from studies that being outdoors and in sunshine is far more effective than locking up mass populations, and mixing vulnerable w/ low risk.
There's a wealth of evidence school closures are not effective and do more harm than good.
All muted.
There's a wealth of evidence school closures are not effective and do more harm than good.
All muted.
6. Viner, study author in Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Jrnl: “Policymakers need to be aware of the equivocal evidence when considering school closures for COVID-19 given the profound and long lasting effect they will have on children — particularly the most disadvantaged."
7. For the study in Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Journal, Viner reviewed 16 studies, including 9 into Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - a disease caused by a coronavirus similar to COVID-19.
They found school closures “did not contribute to control of the epidemic”.
They found school closures “did not contribute to control of the epidemic”.
