Considering how 2020 has gone, it’s a shock to no one that the topic of school openings has become politicized, as everything else has.

On one side, we have anti-Trump individuals and groups such as the Lincoln Project claiming, “Trump doesn’t care whether your kids live or die.” On the other, conservatives are loudly beating the drum about the importance of in-person learning. President Trump himself has come out strongly in favor of opening schools come fall.