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In Sweden primary school is required by law, and is always on-site, even trough this whole pandemic, as such this is an interesting perspective. My friends and relatives that are teachers in school are not really worried (and while anectodal, it would seem to be the general sentiment among teachers here). How is the discourse among your colleagues?

Secondly, and I am aware that it is controversial here, our ministry for health has estimated that the lack of physical activity & social interaction is a greater health risk than covid. Further great spread among schools is deemed by the same authorities as unlikely (and so far cases among kids are in double digits nation wide). To add, we don't see any masks at all here. None. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks for your reply! I won't talk long about heard immunity, but my understanding is that overall the strategy is not herd immunity per se but to suppress the spread enough not to overwhelm hospitals, as it is believed to eventually spread among the population anyway despite a lockdown (ie lockdown cannot eliminate spread effectively over time, better then to have a controlled burn). Now one absolutely does not need to agree with that.

That aside, I was more Interested in the idea that it is a choice between bad and worse. What are your thought on the impact on children's health, social development and education?

Very sad to hear that you are forced to work due to economic situations. Here you can atleast refuse as a teacher and still have it decent economicly.

That is a very fair point! So not even covid treatment is free?

Today our testing is fine, but at the hight of the pandemic with massive spread especially at the capitol our testing capacity was a joke. Only enough for hospitals. We have given up contact tracing and isolating cases a long time ago....

What do you mean with "finding your why" or "finding purpouse"? To me atleast those questions are not so interesting. But I also don't believe in destiny, inner truth or something like that. Maybe you can elaborate abit more? Personally I am more keen on seeing the purpuse that is already there, in everyday life. I'm not sure I believe it can be caught or achieved by go looking... But maybe that is not what you mean...