This is such a problem.
The media publishes way more fear based articles than not, and the result is that very few people have read the reports/studies done out of Iceland, Netherlands, Australia and the SickKids report out of Ontario + the letter from 1000+ Quebec doctors to the government there, and the amended comments by the prime Minister of Norway on schools.
All report that kids DO NOT SPREAD the virus. They don't give it to adults nor each other. They only get it from other adults and when they do they don't get sick (or so rarely it's statistically nil).
Kids can gather normally, the way they used to with zero risk to themselves or anyone else.
So when they modify back-to-school in September with all the restrictions it's all a waste of time, and a burden on the teachers and kids who have especially felt the strain emotionally.
What a mess.
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