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You’re not alone in exploring this issue: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/wheres-the-gop-soul-searching-for-getting-covid-wrong.html

The comments are the more intriguing part.

One danger is, of course, thinking that we knew then what we know now about how Covid spread. We forget just how little we really knew early on and how tough it became to make any decisions after matters became loyalty tests for different groups. Having taught throughout this period, either via webcam or later face to face, I recall mostly just how little anyone really knew. The 1.1 million American deaths, highest of any country, remain a very scary number. I am concerned that we’re not prepared for the next pandemic. I also think that students do indeed deserve additional tutoring or other support to make up for what they’ve lost. My first post closure face to face class were shell shocked—took us awhile to reach equilibrium.

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Shell shocked. Wow.

Agreed, that we were faced with an unknown illness and high death rates. I publicly advocated for shutdowns of everything at first, too. But at some point, things weren't so scary and we should have reopened. Fauci now says that, too. But we didn't. I do think that politics played a role in keeping things closed longer than they should have been.

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I personally feel sorry for BOTH of Meghan's husbands.

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