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Americans need to stop throwing children under the bus.
Close offices before schools.
As winter looms, coronavirus cases are rising on both sides of the North Atlantic, even in highly vaccinated Western European countries. In Europe, the response to rising cases appears to be targeting adult mobility, but Americans — at least in a few major cities — are once again turning to ineffective school closures and virtual instruction.
In Ireland and Belgium, as in almost the whole of Europe, schools will remain open, but parents are being temporarily encouraged — or mandated — to work from home.
People should work from home unless it is absolutely necessary they attend in person, the Taoiseach has said.
Announcing a series of measures aimed at slowing the spread of Covid-19, Micheál Martin said the Cabinet has agreed to pause the “phased and cautious return to the workplace”.
The Government position since September had been for a return to the workplace on a phased and cautious basis for specific business requirements.
Belgium tightened its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, mandating wider use of masks and enforcing work from home, as cases spiked in the country’s fourth COVID-19 wave.
Most Belgians will have to work from home four days a week until mid-December, and for three days after that.
