For me, they tried to get kids back to schools and colleges so the adults would be free to boost the economy again by getting back to work & a pattern etc. Adults have to spend alot on kids away from them aswell.
When it comes to parliament, the difference between peoples health and money isnt going to be much.
You can see it now, they close off everywhere apart from London. They continue with schools and Universities when its proven to be a place of growth for the disease etc.
To begin with the strategy of getting kids back to school was well aligned with getting parents back into offices, but now they've abandoned that I'm not so sure. How else would it impact the economy?
At the end of the day school is the dominant part of a child's life, playing kick about on the street and long summer holidays are great but school is the focal point for most people's social networks until they're out boozing.
Making kids even more reliant on technology for social connection when a majority already think devices pull people apart more than they bring people together, and mental health issues are clearly exacerbated by them, is a legitimate long term concern. You can lose years of adulthood and get them back, in some form or another. You can't get years of childhood back.
Making education a priority for kids and society is an entirely normal thing, it doesn't need to have some sinister motives underlying. Most modern societies have that principle as an essential pillar of society.
