Just overheard a conversation from a teacher on school closings during the pandemic

[LogDog75]

22. The decision to close schools was hard

but it was the right call. I live, literally, a block away from an elementary, middle, and high school and they were all closed because of COVID. IMO, it was the right decision back then and I still support that decision. I have no children so it didn't affect me but considering the it was a pandemic drastic measures were called for.

I'm on another message board, RadioFreeLiberal, where there are a couple of conservatives (maybe not for long) who argued closing the schools was a mistake. No, it wasn't a mistake in that not only did it prevent/reduce the possibility of infecting children but also teachers, administrative staff, janitorial staff, etc...

My career in the AF was in the medical field and during war exercises people would ask us why we didn't go out and retrieve the (simulated) wounded. Our reply was "A dead medic treats no one." A modified answer about closing the schools would be "A dead teacher teachers no one."