[teejers1]

As I said, "revealed preferences".  And we have royally messed up preferences.


BC

That nails it. We also choose our leaders in a democracy, and it appears that the people we have chosen are either incapable of making reasoned decisions that they can explain to the public (i.e. they aren't very bright) or do not have the moral courage to do what they know the ought to do.

Is there any "moral courage" in taking a position that educating kids is so important that you're going to set up whatever protocols you can to make it as safe as possible, while still acknowledging that risk spread is heightened (and sickness/death increased in the aggregate by some indeterminate amount) by re-opening schools?  

Or is that devoid of "moral courage."

And if your answer is "the latter," then really, it's all about shutdown until a vaccine is developed.

Again, everything is a policy decision where you weigh the risks and benefits of each action and decision.

Having said all that, I agree that priorities for re-opening were whack.

[teejers1]

As I said, "revealed preferences".  And we have royally messed up preferences.


BC

That nails it. We also choose our leaders in a democracy, and it appears that the people we have chosen are either incapable of making reasoned decisions that they can explain to the public (i.e. they aren't very bright) or do not have the moral courage to do what they know the ought to do.

Is there any "moral courage" in taking a position that educating kids is so important that you're going to set up whatever protocols you can to make it as safe as possible, while still acknowledging that risk spread is heightened (and sickness/death increased in the aggregate by some indeterminate amount) by re-opening schools?  

Or is that devoid of "moral courage."

And if your answer is "the latter," then really, it's all about shutdown until a vaccine is developed.

Again, everything is a policy decision where you weigh the risks and benefits of each action and decision.

Having said all that, I agree that priorities for re-opening were whack.