Some school districts are more zealous in going after families who children for various reasons are struggling to log into Zoom for class.

If this is the case, there are several legal groups one can contact to ensure nothing happens. One organization you can contact Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL), as they have current experience dealing with this type of issue.

While not recent, the ACLU has a guide on truancy law which could help you defend against government overreach regarding this particular issue.

For healthy people under the age of 65, COVID-19’s fatality rate is similar to other diseases that we don’t consider to be emergencies; for healthy people under the age of 35, the risk of dying of COVID-19 is close to zero. For this reason, we oppose all government mandates that limit normal activities of society and of the economy. Accommodations and resources should be provided to the elderly and those with serious health conditions who are concerned about contracting the virus.

Given the known problems with the PCR tests and the problems of multiple positives and negatives, positivity rates should not be used as metrics for government policy. We believe the most reliable metric is use of emergency rooms for COVID-like illness (CLI) symptoms.

The definitions for hospitalizations and deaths should be narrowed to only count those whose primary diagnosis or primary cause of death is COVID-19. Continuing to count everyone who has ever had a positive test will lead to an inaccurate perception of the hospitalization and fatality rates of COVID-19.

There is no evidence showing that community mask use slows transmission of the virus.

Federal and/or state governments should provide liability protection to businesses so they can operate without fear of lawsuits from those who claim to be infected at the business.

Lockdowns cause more deaths than COVID-19. Since we don’t have dashboards counting suicides, overdoses, domestic abuse, cancer deaths, and other deaths of people who are afraid to go to the hospital, we will not know the toll of lockdowns for years, but they are likely to rival the COVID-19 deaths we already know about.

The Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT) for COVID-19 is most likely close to 20% of a population. Once the HIT is achieved, COVID-19 can no longer grow exponentially (although there will be outbreaks), and any measures taken by local governments can be lifted without fear of overwhelming hospitals.

Since March, we have been using COVID-19 tests that were approved under Emergency Use Authorizations. It’s time to determine how accurate these tests are and their false positive and negative rates. Research should be conducted to determine the best way of testing for live virus.

Since COVID-19 is less dangerous to children than influenza and children have not been shown to transmit it to adults, all schools should open with normal socialization and without masks.