• arbitrary@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not sure about other countries, but at least in Europe we had quite a few comments, including by health officials, that the school closures should not have been done and upheld to the extent that they were.

    And I agree, the impact on learning and children’s mental health was not justified by the real or potential dangers of the pandemic imho

    Edit: One comment from the German Health Minister here, describing prolonged school closures as a mistake

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      1 year ago

      Meanwhile in Asia we moved lessons to zoom for a few weeks and that was it. But Germans think giving kids a tablet or notebook is exposing them to the devil