Maybe we are really doing it for the good of the children. First children have very little risk from Covid.
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/22699019/covid-19-children-kids-risk-hospitalization-death
Secondly virtual learning has been a disaster from day one especially for disadvantaged children.
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/learning-losses-covid-19-could-cost-generation-students-close-17-trillion-lifetime
https://www.savethechildren.org/us/charity-stories/learning-loss