There are two new pieces out this morning highlighting the ill effects of keeping kids out of school. Here's the first, a new statement from @CanPaedSociety. https://www.cps.ca/uploads/advocacy/Supporting_a_Safe_Return_to_School.pdf
Here's the other, a new analysis in @CMAJ of the health impacts of the lockdown children and young people. https://www.cmaj.ca/content/cmaj/early/2020/06/24/cmaj.201008.full.pdf
In my social media and personal bubble, debates about when and how to send children back to school have become some of the nastiest I've ever seen. Yes, it's a wicked problem. No need to be so wicked to each other while trying to solve it.
I get whiplash moving between my twitter feed, where I follow many epidemiologists and IPAC folk, and my reader email. Twitter = You're underreacting to COVID. We're all in danger from the virus! Email = You're overreacting to COVID. We're all in danger from the lockdown.
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