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Europeans are sending kids back to school. Why can’t we? | Trudy Rubin

In contrast to the USA, European countries have crushed the curve and tamped down infections which makes it safer to reopen work and schools.

FILE -- In this Friday, March 13, 2020 photo a slogan on a chalkboard reads 'It's Corona Time' in an empty class room of a high school in Frankfurt, Germany, March 13, 2020. Germany plans to let smaller shops reopen next week after a weeks-long coronavirus shutdown and to start reopening schools in early May, but Europe’s biggest economy is keeping strict social distancing rules in place for now. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
FILE -- In this Friday, March 13, 2020 photo a slogan on a chalkboard reads 'It's Corona Time' in an empty class room of a high school in Frankfurt, Germany, March 13, 2020. Germany plans to let smaller shops reopen next week after a weeks-long coronavirus shutdown and to start reopening schools in early May, but Europe’s biggest economy is keeping strict social distancing rules in place for now. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)Read moreMichael Probst / AP
    by Trudy Rubin | Columnist
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