Pandemic response reports reveal politics trumped science with pandemic school closures.

Australian and Dutch school closures were political choices.

Throughout the pandemic, the public was constantly told that “following the science” was essential to reduce morbidity and mortality from Covid-19, but as more and more countries publish reports assessing their pandemic responses, it is increasingly looking like one of the most disruptive pandemic measures — extended school closures — were driven more by “the politics” than “the…