Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Yeah, as with a lot of other COVID policies, the lack of an off-ramp was much of the problem. That it came to be tolerated as a default. I have less of an issue with e.g. schools closing for a week now b/c of staff shortages if there's reason to expect the situation will improve. — PolitiTweet.org

@NateSilver538 To some degree, it wasn't a single policy choice. Rather, it was a rolling series of "keep schools… https://t.co/3klPGGWdtj

Posted Jan. 4, 2022

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Yep. I'm usually sympathetic to policy failures because, hey, life's complicated, and we don't get all the evidence in advance. But on **closing public schools for a year or more**, the harms were pretty obvious all along. — PolitiTweet.org

Two things that will probably always shock me about all this. 1) That people were surprised a year of missed in-pe… https://t.co/2WcKJFm0Ag

Posted Jan. 4, 2022

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Not only about schools, but I think it was noteworthy how reopening things sometimes came to be framed as an "experiment", when gathering in person is very much the default condition and extended closures of schools, social activities, businesses, etc. is the experiment. https://t.co/voNSFwrbHm — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 4, 2022