Close Seattle schools now.
"closing schools during the midst of a pandemic may contribute to as much as a 15% reduction in cases and up to a 40% reduction in peak attack rates."
This would buy us precious time to develop and mass distribute vaccines.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1066 …
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The point is: even with all the issues both of you raised, closing schools would significantly save lives and slow the transmission of this virus.
Also (via @V2019N's bio):
"Everything we do before a pandemic will seem alarmist. Everything we do after will seem inadequate" -M. Leavitt
