I think a lot has to do with the mindset too, half the people in the country are more liberal/feelings based and the other half is more facts/numbers based. This can be female vs male, political upbringing, nature vs nurture, or for whatever reason on certain issues. The people that are more feelings based get their news from magazines like the Times or whatever where they go into feelings like fear, uncertainty, etc. and the fact base have a smaller pocket to get their information from, or most feel that way. To me I can come to a lot of conclusions by looking at city, state, country, and not have my feelings make a decision for me.
I know a lot of the moms I spoke with were more hesitant to send their kids back to school because of the what-ifs (feelings based). Where from my side I could see the IFR, CFR, and compare it to the mental/emotional health of my kids and it was a no brainer to send the kids back (numbers based). Add the better education they would receive in a class format with someone trained to teach, the sports they can be involved with.
As bad as it sounds there are some people that want to keep the schools closed since it helps the economy stay bad. I forget the exact number but if kids had to stay home that would put around 17 million jobs in jeopardy since the parents cannot work from home to do that. Look at what California is doing with being shut down until at least spring 2021 and they are averaging under 100 deaths a day now (which is decreasing) with a population of 40 million. They are under the percent positive they deemed months ago would dictate reopening but nope Halloween is cancelled now. My sister works in Texas but the company is based in California, they said she could not go on a sales call until at least March 2021. So while education and the economy should not be political is has become so
