We must take appropriate measures that allow kids to get back to school | TheHill

Labor Day has passed, and in most years, the entire country would now be back to school. Kids would be learning, catching up with old friends, and swapping stories from the summer. Teachers would have decorated and readied themselves for a year of struggles and smiles, learning and community.

Traffic is always heaviest this time of year, because of school buses full of kids, and parents going to work, returning from summer vacations.

But in far too many places, including much of Kentucky, this is not the reality.

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There are no buses, no kids in classrooms, and few smiles.

It doesn t have to be this way. We ve been admonished for months by nags in the media to follow the science. What they mean, of course, is the science that fits their preconceived notions.

What if the science tells us that school-age children get COVID less often, transmit it less, and have fewer severe cases? What if the science tells us the mortality rate for those under 18 is 1 in a million, or far less than the seasonal flu?

What if the science from the American Academy of Pediatrics, to the schools that have already re-opened and can provide data tells us that it is better, safer, and smarter to have our kids at school?

via thehill.com