Why would you want sickness to spread at schools? This will get kids sick, it will get their teachers sick, kids will take it home to parents and get them sick. What’s the impact to education but also to the wider workforce and productivity?
Why would you want sickness to spread at schools? This will get kids sick, it will get their teachers sick, kids will take it home to parents and get them sick. What’s the impact to education but also to the wider workforce and productivity?
If you only think about the mainstream, 90% of adults, your take is probably right.
If oarents watch out and catch cases of covid and the flu and other serious illnesses early, it’d probably be ok.
But.
What about kids with compromised immune systems? The teachers? The kid who still has a weakened immune system from covid or the measles last year?
By only accounting for the mainstream we push those on the edge further out.
Is weaken or compromised immune systems such an issue that the common cold threatens their life and how common is it genuinely asking because I don’t know. I don’t think it’s a good idea for the government to make policy based on extreme outliers instead of the majority.
I also don’t think it’s possible to avoid the common cold unless you lock yourself at home forever. If you are a teacher who is immune compromised then primary school probably isn’t the place for you. I expect them to move careers instead of the entire country bending to accommodate their needs. And I want to stress even when the entire country bends to accommodate their needs it still does not stop then from encountering sickness. For immunocomprimised kids it’s harder because they should be able to go to a normal school but if it’s to dangerous for them I would suggest homeschool or special Ed.