National Post: The Urgency of Normal is a group that's pushing for a rapid return to unrestricted in-person learning for children, whom they argue have suffered unduly because of pandemic lockdowns.
'The organization’s 400 or so signatories include 32 other Canadian physicians and health-care professionals, among them four infectious disease or medical microbiology specialists, emergency medicine doctors, university professors and a hospital chief of medicine.
'“We’re doing a lot of harm to the fabric of society ,” said Dr. Martha Fulford , a pediatric infectious-disease specialist at McMaster University and chief of medicine at Hamilton’s university hospital about the measures. “We need to understand what the endpoint is, what the rationale is for any of this we’re doing.”
'The Urgency of Normal tool kit , citing the relatively mild impact of COVID on children, recommends maintaining in-person learning regardless of where case counts move and eliminating school mask mandates by Feb. 15. It also suggests restoring extra-curricular activities and returning to normal school life “at the first opportunity,” while focusing protection on immunocompromised children.'
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