We Opened the Schools and ... It Was Fine
Many parents feared the worst, but so far, no widespread COVID crisis has come to America’s classrooms.
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit, many states and towns closed everything, including schools. Public-health experts didn’t know enough about how COVID was spread or how contagious it was, and the health-care system was overwhelmed in parts of the country. The American public could see the disaster unfolding in Italy, and many people believed that the U.S. needed to act before things got out of control.
By the fall of 2020, still without vaccinations, many older Americans continued to be at significant risk. Given that kids could bring
