Thread by @MaryVought

Schools Should Reopen
(Thread — 1/12)

Psychiatrist Mark McDonald who specializes in children, at risk youth rebukes “negligent” parents “paralyzed” by their own irrational fear: “Children are not dying from Covid-19. Children are not passing the disease on to adults." (2/12)
ocde.us/Board/Document…

Schools are open in Sweden, closed in Finland. 

Researchers conclude "closure or not of schools had no measurable direct impact on the number of laboratory confirmed cases in school-aged children in Finland or Sweden." (3/12)
folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/…

Dr. Scott Atlas says there's "zero risk for children getting something serious or dying from this disease." US only country not opening schools. It's "absurd,” 

“Look at the science. I’m saying use critical thinking and logic.” (4/12)
thefederalist.com/2020/07/15/sta…

German study concludes "that children may serve as a 'brake' on virus infection chains, and say the results show that the virus doesn’t spread easily in schools." (5/12)
washingtonexaminer.com/news/german-st…

Responses:

1. I would let my kids go back to school
2. I will, my kids are looking forward to it
3. Absolutely, as much as I can. Without hesitation, yes
4. I have no concerns about sending my child to school in the fall
5. Yes. Period. Absolutely (6/12)

washingtonexaminer.com/washington-sec…

“So far, we haven’t heard anything negative about the reopening of schools, but it is probably too early to have final conclusions on that.” (7/12)
washingtonexaminer.com/news/22-eu-mem…

And for the teachers out there concerned about going back to school. The science shows that children are NOT transmission vectors. It's the other way around. (8/12)
thetimes.co.uk/article/no-kno…

From Swedish study: “It would appear that their role in transmitting Covid-19 isn’t at all as big as with other respiratory infections, such as influenza,…” (9/12)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Any talk of keeping schools closed must include a cost-benefit analysis. The costs are minimal but the benefits to reopening are many. (10/12)
economist.com/leaders/2020/0…

Even the Academy of American Pediatrics says focus on the science, not politics. Kids should be physically present in schools. (11/12)
services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-…

The Boston Globe lays out the case including costs and benefits and makes it very clear: listen to the science and reopen:

"Unfortunately, little of this evidence is figuring into the current polarized political conversation. But it should." (12/12)
bostonglobe.com/2020/07/20/opi…