My thoughts on Michigan tonight....

[Hortensis]

17. Children losing mothers and fathers because schools were reopened is unfair,

and let's throw in their grandparents and others who love them.

The average age of parenting has increased. COVID mortality starts rising scarily in the 30s and in the 40s is prohibitive, far worse in the 50s. Yet many parents busily raising children are in their 40s and 50s, like our son and daughter.

A Republican senator was on Hannity last night explaining that sending kids back to school would only cause an increase in mortality of 2-3% (and why would we believe HIS figure?) and would be more than worth it. The people trying to eliminate school lunch programs are now concerned about children missing those lunches.

Even with controls in place we are going to hear way too many tragedies of children, once the adored centers of their families' worlds, now alone. Without them, COVID orphans would become a demographic of their own.