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The problem that the ‘lets-shut-schools-for-a-couple-of-weeks-crowd’ ignore is that its much easier to shut schools than to open them. Therefore, the probability is that once schools are shut, they will be shut for months on end, just like last time.
In other words, they are engaging in wishful thinking. The probability is that schools will be shut for months on end whilst online teaching provision will likely be patchy/minimal/inadequate/non-existent like it was last time & educational inequalities will continue to widen.
We’ve learned nothing from the schools shutting for 6 months last yr. Once those schools are shut, they will be shut for months. Online learning will continue to be inadequate, meanwhile big-mouthed Twitter users with no skin in the game will continue to opine on the subject.
The average Twitter user is more likely to be parent to a cat than to a human child. No skin in the game & it shows, quite frankly. The online learning that is available for parents is inadequate & it will be left to parents to utilise their own resources, again.
Educational inequalities will widen into a chasm. It will be a disaster for children, especially primary school-aged children, & for what? Where is the evidence that school closures minimised the spread of C-19? But the average Twitter user need not worry, their cat will be fine
& the longer we try to keep schools closed & try to lock-down the whole of society in an attempt to try to suppress the spread of the virus the more we increase other risks. There is a trade-off. Lower some risks. Increase others. https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/30/archdischild-2020-319872
Extended lockdowns carry their own risks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54827702
Are we going to talk about them or not? https://twitter.com/santipvincent/status/1283965653322473473?s=20
Probably not Im guessing
https://www.propublica.org/article/in-remote-villages-domestic-violence-kills-more-than-covid-19/amp?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.propublica.org/article/in-remote-villages-domestic-violence-kills-more-than-covid-19/amp?__twitter_impression=true
I think we should have an honest discussion https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1268174208934313985?s=20
There is no perfect solution to our problems only a series of trade-offs https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1261980196762157056?s=20
& we should be honest about that https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1256561390812364800?s=20
Rather than pretending these problems dont exist https://twitter.com/DannyShawNews/status/1253717618260881410?s=20
But Im not overly optimistic on that front I have to be honest https://twitter.com/post_liberal/status/1339212953527193603?s=20
But if the British Medical Journal are open to these kinds of discussions regarding trade-offs then so should everybody else be imo https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4074
One things for sure, the longer lockdowns continue the more that ppl are gonna drink, which carries its own risks. For this reason, South Africa & Greenland have temporarily banned the sale of alcohol, but that wont fly here, so what are we going to do?
https://theconversation.com/america-is-drinking-its-way-through-the-coronavirus-crisis-that-means-more-health-woes-ahead-135532
https://theconversation.com/america-is-drinking-its-way-through-the-coronavirus-crisis-that-means-more-health-woes-ahead-135532
Im guessing we will probably do nothing https://twitter.com/philcaincom/status/1321066498585145346?s=20
I hope Im wrong obviously https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1306220276393414657?s=20
We shall see I guess https://twitter.com/PotResearch/status/1295359692080914432?s=20
But at the very minimum we shouldn't try to sweep these problems under the carpet
https://theconversation.com/parents-with-children-forced-to-do-school-at-home-are-drinking-more-143164
https://theconversation.com/parents-with-children-forced-to-do-school-at-home-are-drinking-more-143164
An honest discussion about trade-offs is required the longer this goes on https://www.aei.org/op-eds/isolation-is-deadly-stay-at-home-orders-are-causing-a-spike-in-overdoses/
