{"id":199914,"date":"2021-03-11T21:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T18:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-science-is-compelling-open-schools-now\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T21:44:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T18:44:58","slug":"the-science-is-compelling-open-schools-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-science-is-compelling-open-schools-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#The science is compelling: Open schools NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The science<\/a> is compelling: Open schools NOW!<\/strong>”
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Strong evidence that schools should be open during the pandemic has been building since last summer, but a report to be presented to Congress on Friday may be the most powerful yet.<\/p>\n

The paper \u2014 commissioned by the COVID Collaborative, the Walton Family Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and other nonprofits \u2014 looked at the findings of more than 120 studies of the risks and benefits of shutting down schools.<\/p>\n

Its unmitigated conclusion: \u201cClosing schools should be a last resort and done only after all other community mitigation measures have been deployed.\u201d Indeed, it stressed the \u201cextreme urgency\u201d to reopen schools \u201cas quickly and safely as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is not a political recommendation; it\u2019s what the science demands. Because the harm done to kids from closing schools, the paper suggests, is far worse than any harm from keeping them open.<\/p>\n

Specifically, it noted that:<\/p>\n