Didn't read the whole thread, but who was going to teach the kids? Maybe kids were at less risk than adults, something that was not well known at the time despite ----------- claim, and seeing statistics that the majority of pediatricians are getting their kids vaccinated would lead me to believe that they still think COVID is a risk to their kids. Now back to the original question, who was going to teach the kids? Because there are two types of people in schools, students and teachers/administrators/support staff. As far as I saw, the parents wanted the kids to go back to school, but the teachers were not okay with that plan. What person wants to put themselves at risk for a deadly disease where the death is excruciating, slowly drowning in your own mucus, for a wage that in some states is less than minimum wage in other states? Keeping the schools closed might have delayed some learning, but it saved a lot of teachers' lives.
Addiction is a mental health problem, and a huge suck on tax dollars of which the addicts pay zero. Plus their being able to set up tents, or simply get high and pass out in parks and public spaces makes those tax supported resources also unavailable to the people who pay for them. Just like you wouldn't let a homeless addict pitch a tent on your front lawn, why should they be able to do so on property paid for by your tax dollars? I know I sound fairly conservative here, but I've been dealing with addicts almost every night I work for the past ten years. There are zero resources short of arrest if they're holding dope, which is also a waste off tax dollars to just warehouse the addicts. A treatment piece has always been missing, and doing so by force has not been tried. I hope it works and becomes an example for the rest of the country.