Reopening schools safely during a pandemic is complicated. Some teachers, while worried about the possibility of disease and death, are eager to get back into their buildings. Others see no reason to do so right now.What should be a discussion informed by empathy and humanity is instead reduced to demonizing and over-simplified dramatization.Many parents, too, are reluctant to expose their children to a potentially unsafe environment. State governments have issued a flurry of often-inconsistent rules as they try to balance safety, the economy, and the desires of powerful...…Reopening schools safely during a pandemic is complicated. Some teachers, while worried about the possibility of disease and death, are eager to get back into their buildings. Others see no reason to do so right now.What should be a discussion informed by empathy and humanity is instead reduced to demonizing and over-simplified dramatization.Many parents, too, are reluctant to expose their children to a potentially unsafe environment. State governments have issued a flurry of often-inconsistent rules as they try to balance safety, the economy, and the desires of powerful...WW…