Should schools reopen?

[vivster]

NightlyPoe said:

vivster said:

Nothing conflicting here. Easy solutions for everything.

1. Education is not as important as human lives and can be done safely from home. Solved.

2. Safety is important, which is why everyone should stay at home. Solved.

3. Herd immunity doesn't happen through random contagion. It's not gonna be a thing before a vaccine exists. Solved.

4. People are given the freedom to not die by staying at home. Some freedoms are more important than others. Solved.

5. There currently is no other single cause of death with a higher death rate. Which is why we tackle this one with priority. Solved.

Life is always about compromise, the current time we live in is no exception. There is no absolute freedom for everyone and there never will be. As soon as people get that into their thick skulls we will all live better lives.

That sounds more simplistic than solved.  And it does not take into account at all the problems that will accrue from not educating children properly until there's a vaccine, or the relative safety that young children have from the virus.

It doesn't sound like you want to compromise at all actually.

 

It sounds simplistic because it is simple. Priorities exist, for example dead kid worse than kid who had to repeat a grade. Those things are not equal and they should not be treated as equal options.

You're also forgetting that it's the teachers that are most at risk here. You know what's bad for education? Having a bunch of dead teachers that didn't need to die. Sacrificing human lives so that children don't have to slightly adjust their learning schedule sounds like a pretty despicable thing to say.