Kahambing JGS. Time to reopen schools: COVID-19, health disparity and education.
J Public Health (Oxf) 2021;
43:e568-e569. [PMID:
34109378 PMCID:
PMC8344460 DOI:
10.1093/pubmed/fdab205]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Weighing the dilemma of reopening schools during the pandemic is no longer a matter of self-determination but harm. Coronavirus disease 2019 has shown gross health inequality and, by extension, the inequality of society per se. The assertion that ‘education continues despite the pandemic’ using access to technological means is a privileged position.
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