In the year 2021, the phrase, "back to school", has a different meaning than it did in the dim mists of pre Covid history. Where once it heralded the search for new school clothes and supplies, it now means searching for masks that fit 1st and 2nd graders and worries about them contracting the disease and winding up in a hospital instead of homeroom.
Parents of young children have every right to be concerned about the possibility of their children becoming infected by the Delta variant of Covid. One of my grandsons was exposed to Covid at his day care center and as a result must quarantine for a week. He will not participate in the ritual first day of 1st grade and while his mother will be disappointed and her day disrupted, she will still have an entire school year to deal with. It's a lot tougher out there than it was a mere 2 years ago.
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