This is an interesting article. While it’s talking about the poor (frankly bizarro) management in the U.K. and schools in particular it has wider relevance 1/n theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The issue is that it has been clear since the spring that the long term management of the pandemic would require serious sustained action, and no rapid return to ‘normal’. However as we are all aware that has *not* been the messaging 2/n
The article lists reasonable suggestions for schools. These aren’t exhaustive. I’m not commenting here on how well they’d work or how feasible they’d be, but rather that *this* is the type of thinking that is required. And notably, people have been advocating for it for ages 3/n
In general there has been reluctance at all levels to accept the degree of disruption that is inevitable with a disease of this kind, made worse by false official statements about the expected trajectory of the pandemic 4/n
So bold suggestions to limit transmission while allowing other things (like education) can get met with a knee jerk “oh we can’t possibly do *that*!”
And then, when things get bad enough, it turns out we actually *can* 5/n
And then, when things get bad enough, it turns out we actually *can* 5/n
There’s an understandable longing to get back to ‘normal’. Unfortunately ‘normal’ is not on the table, but we can aim for ‘better’. 6/end
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