COVID-19
Sending our kids back to school shouldn’t cause panic. Here’s why.

Every day I read, watch, and listen to more information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Then I try to analyze the information. This means fact checking, and then taking into account the goals of not just the people being interviewed, but also the actual media outlets presenting the information. Every now and then I come across something I really want everyone to consider. Although this interview is two months old, and it was made in the US, I find it extremely relevant here and now, especially as we are about to send our children back to school. Please spend some time watching, or listening to this interview. It’s excellent.
Dr. Scott Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an accomplished physician, and a scholar of public health.
Dr. Atlas has been making the case in print and in other media that we as a society have overreacted in imposing draconian restrictions on movement, gatherings, schools, sports, and other activities.
He is not a COVID-19 denier—he believes the virus is a real threat and should be managed as such. But, as Dr. Atlas argues, there are some age groups and activities that are subject to very low risk. The one-size-fits-all approach we are currently using is overly authoritarian, inefficient, and not based in science.
Dr. Atlas’s prescription includes more protection for people in nursing homes, two weeks of strict self-isolation for those with mild symptoms, and most importantly, the opening of all K–12 schools. The latter recommendation is vital for restarting and maintaining the economy so that parents are not housebound trying to work and educate their children.
Dr. Atlas is also adamant that an economic shutdown, and all of the attendant issues that go along with it, is a terrible solution—the cure is worse than the disease. Finally, Dr. Atlas reveals some steps he’s taken in his own life to try to get things back to normal.
For further information: https://www.hoover.org/publications/u…
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