[johnnyb9]

Just because their argument appeals to emotion doesn't make the argument for school closure any more valid. There will always be a risk of death in life... what if a child gets the flu? These are remote risks that we accept may happen, we accept them and move on with our lives.

166 children died from the flu in 2019-2020 season, so far there have been 86 child covid deaths. https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/04/10/fluupdate041... https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Chil...

[travisjungroth]

I’m not saying her argument appeals to emotion. I’m saying it dismisses teachers’ reasoning as emotion. It says that teachers are “nervous”, not that they think that reopening schools will put themselves, their students and community at risk.

[ryathal]

It dismisses their arguments as emotion, because that seems to be the primary argument. Based on the evidence we currently have:

>there is little to no danger for the kids themselves

>they are unlikely to spread to adults if they are infected

>Online doesn't work with teachers not trained to do it

>there are significant dangers to keeping kids out of school, socially and developmentally