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Scientific American Says “Follow the Science” and Open the Schools

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ,  Scientific American (SciAm) published a blistering analysis from two Boston University MD/PhDs:


It is important to remember that the level of safety we adjudge as “safe” is a relative thing, and unknowns remain about the long-term effects of COVID; however, we know that among children ages 5–14, the COVID-19 mortality rate has been reported at around one per million. To put this in perspective, by contrast, transport accidents account for 15 times that mortality rate…One can reasonably surmise that it has been far more dangerous throughout the past year for children to get to school than it has been for them to be in school.

So why has the science failed us; why has this issue been so contentious?  Principally we think that we have looked to science for definitive answers, allowing a “follow the science” mantra to take hold in relation to COVID, but not in the context of the harm to younger children from school closures, even though school openings represent a trade-off that science could and should inform.

One thought on “Scientific American Says “Follow the Science” and Open the Schools

  1. Yeah, but what does the NEA have to say?
    I mean they are the experts.

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