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Well we certainly added to that number with many districts refusing to return to class even when the science proved it was safe and the concerns being bandied about were not supported by any research.

The real danger not mentioned in the article is how many of that seven percent have students in school districts that were not offering classroom education?

We have areas of the country, mostly serving minority students, who have irreparably harmed their chances because politics trumped science.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n521

https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economi...

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br...



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