This would not even be an issue if this country had locked down to begin with, but instead, they just allowed it to spread uncontrolled. Lots of good examples of countries that actually cared about their citizens more than their economies and controlled the virus.

if schools are safe to open then why are these two Neoliberal conservatives sitting so far apart from each other?

We need a children’s revolution. Their rights are being undermined.

Ha! ha! too funny if it wasn't so serious.

Or, it's the result of the left promoting the Teacher Hero idea to the point we now think we can't get along without traditional schooling for a year.

For perspective from a mother of 17 yo twins who struggled with online learning, and now have chosen to pursue a GED instead, it is important to understand that perhaps 1/2 of children doing online schooling are not fairing well. What do you propose is the solution?

Mind you, my kids have been straight A-B honor roll throughout their entire school career, and have even earned college credits through dual credits in HS. Online learning is NOT how my children learn best!

As the US did w/Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, @POTUS can form a Works Progress Administration, put our 10M+ unemployed to work as teachers, teacher asst, and construct perm/temp school buildings to actually make schools safe...if he wanted that.

The whole "old people first" plan makes little sense when it's people around new people all the time that spread it (grocery workers, teachers, jet setting congressmen).

Texas schools reopened last September. Just in January alone, 12 teachers died from coronavirus. They're sacrificing 12 teachers per month, plus dead students, plus dead parents, plus dead staff so they can pretend that the virus doesn't exist.