sitting on a windy beach is never going to be as bad as stick 10 million kids in confined classrooms for 6 hours a day. Yes, there is risk, but in the grand scheme of things, it was a small problem. Just like students partying, or football fans celebrating, it makes good news headlines and photos. The biggest problem is PEOPLE just meeting other PEOPLE every day and spreading it, not even knowing they had it.
It'll be interesting to see what the stats look like 4-6 weeks after schools return.
But advisors are not stupid. It is all about balance. It is impossible to please everybody, so it is a balance of saving lives, keeping kids educated, and keeping the economy alive.
Governments probably had to work through similar problems, with similar public complaint, during the wars and past epidemics, it's just we weren't around then, or were just kids, and there was no social media either, so moaning was not recorded.
I can imagine conversations outside pubs during the Blitz ... "it's an outrage, I work all day and then can't get a pint! the near bomb fell over 5 miles away, why can't my pub open!!!"
