strict rules and imparted them on children and burdened them with the role of protecting adults. i 100% agree the way to win the war is to vaccinate unvaccinated people. we absolutely need to do that. but in the meantime, we can also be more nuanced in our guidance and appropriately balance risk. kids from underserved and disadvantaged communities are disproportionately affected by covid. they are also disproportionately affected by the absence of normalcy in school. let's get back to a better normal. marry mental health and the broad human needs we have. public heating has never been about a single virus. when i treat a patient, it is not about a single pathogen.