Argentine Supreme Court rules in favor of Buenos Aires' refusal to suspend in-person classes

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2. Well said. Over 10,000 Buenos Aires teachers and support staff have ALREADY caught Covid since 2/17.

Teaches and parents alike - not to mention the medical and scientific community - are apoplectic over this ruling, you can imagine.

A ruling which, it's worth noting, the 4-justice majority issued via Zoom and from the comfort (and safety) of their homes.

It's reminiscent of that obscene ruling last November, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo case - in which the court ruled, 5-to-4 that Cuomo's congregation size limits were a First Amendment infringement against said diocese (and thus, against any and all religious gatherings).

Public health, shmublic health.

Amy Coney "Handmaid" Barrett, of course, provided the 5th vote.

You'll recall that this is what was feared by many public policy observers at the outset of all this: that profits and politics would get in the way of an effective pandemic response.

And Argentina's Supreme Court ruling today, was a just a small reminder of that.

Thanks as always, Judi. The times we have to live in, right?