In Our View: Safely reopening schools a difficult balancing act
The Columbian
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One of the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic has been the uniqueness of it all. With the virus being previously unknown, mitigation efforts have been created from scratch, amounting to little more than a best-guess scenario. Responses need to be adjusted as information increasingly becomes available.
When schools closed for in-person learning a year ago, we didn’t know much about either the coronavirus or how well children could learn remotely. A year later, we know a lot more, and it’s evident that the dangers of failing in classes are more pressing than the danger of children contracting COVID-19.