Thread by @GidMK

Something that is important to note - despite the somewhat fractious debate about this bad paper, I have not nor will I ever say that closing schools is necessarily a good thing

https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1356085063998267398

The issue here is a terrible paper that is wrong in many ways. The scientific community should be shocked and appalled at the actions of journals and authors when mistakes are pointed out in their work

But removing this one impactful study from the literature won't shift the needle that much. The question about opening and closing schools during a pandemic remains, as ever, complex

There are definite harms

There are probable benefits

There are innumerable ways in which schools interact with the fabric of our society

There is really no easy answer