Opinion

There has been much debate lately on whether students should return to the classroom this school year or remain online and virtually. I am here to tell you that the students in this country, county, and town should be back in school and in the classrooms, this fall without a shadow of a doubt. After doing much research concerning COVID-19, it has been proven that kids are 20 times as likely to die from the flu as they are the Coronavirus. Even if students do get the virus, almost all of them will statistically recover very quickly. You might ask, well wouldn’t the kids give it to adults and the elderly? The answer according to the facts and statistics is unequivocally no. Adults give it to students 95 percent of the time, while the other five percent, students will give it to adults...more notably the ages of 25-54 and 55-85 and over. Do not get it twisted, precautions need to be taken of course, with all teachers and students wearing a mask from Junior High and up in the classrooms. This will not apply to elementary students, as the percentage of kids giving the virus to other students and adults is essentially zero. The one exception to the junior high and high school students not wearing masks, is athletics. In this instance, coaches will wear masks at the appropriate times depending on the circumstances.