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whether you are incapable of processing information...or willingly ignorant.

Beaches and Schools were closed because we had just been hit with an airborne virus, SARS-CoV-2, that didn't act like its progenitor...SARS-CoV...especially when it come to transmission...i.e. Infected persons (~40%) could be Asymptomatic (not the case with SARS-CoV). This necessitated the basic protocols of Infectious Disease Control and Epidemiology...which are 1) Social Distancing, and 2) Mask Wearing. Since schools obviously crowd kids and teachers together in often poorly ventilated rooms, it was necessary to close them down until we had vaccines and improved facilities...once that happened, schools opened, depending on whether a District had complied.

As for Beach Closings, you conveniently forget the 2020 Spring Breaks in FLA and elsewhere during the early surge of COVID-19 when partiers were literally jammed together on those beaches...with "Social Distancing" measured in inches, if not millimeters ;-)...GREAT if you're a SARS-CoV-2 virus...NOT SO GREAT if you are a human being who could either get sick...OR...get infected and SPREAD the disease to others who might be exceedingly VULNERABLE....with NO VACCINES, or verified treatments.

Let's also remember that Hospitals were being OVERRUN with COVID-19 patients that needed to be isolated from everyone else due to the high chance of transmission...i.e. it affected ALL the others being treated for cancer, etc, etc. Note that some Hospitals had to use refrigerated Semi-Trucks as makeshift Morgues in the parking lot, it was so bad..

You've now been informed and educated...please internalize it...learn from it...and don't repeat such misleading and non-productive remarks.

Btw, one of our extended family Docs is a Pulmonary/Critical Care Specialist...and also knows that "In Emergencies" (Like COVID-19) you need to take EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES in order to SAVE LIVES. One other thing...one need not go to a crowned beach during an airborne virus pandemic in order to reap the benefits of Vitamin D from sunlight...just thought you should know.