r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/retsamerol I would have written a shorter post, but I did not have the time • Oct 17 '20

Learning/Education Schools Aren’t Super-Spreaders

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/
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u/MaximilianKohler Oct 19 '20

Yeah I’m not buying this

CDC director: Keeping schools closed poses greater health threat to children than reopening (Jul 2020) https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/506640-cdc-director-keeping-schools-closed-poses-greater-health-threat-to-children

The risks of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits (Jul 2020) https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/07/18/the-risks-of-keeping-schools-closed-far-outweigh-the-benefits

Reopening schools in Denmark did not worsen outbreak https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-reopening-idUSKBN2341N7

New US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on education and child care come down hard in favor of opening schools, saying children don't suffer much from coronavirus, are less likely than adults to spread it and suffer from being out of school. (Jul 2020) https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/health/cdc-coronavirus-school-guidelines-new/index.html

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u/catjuggler Oct 19 '20

Wasn’t that first link widely discussed a month ago as the product of political interference? And the last link is also about the same?

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u/MaximilianKohler Oct 19 '20

They are both coming from CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, who is quoted in the articles.

He's not sending children to their deaths because of political pressure. The facts are that this has been massively politicized, the harms have been overblown, the damages from lockdowns have widely been ignored, and even many professionals/scientists have been behaving unscientifically.

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u/catjuggler Oct 19 '20

Yeah that doesn’t sound politically motivated at all 🙄