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Just because you don't agree doesn't mean it shouldn't be on HN.

Personally, it seems blatantly obvious that Zoom cannot replace face-to-face interactions whether in a work setting or in an educational setting.

The people advocating "100% remote and video calls for everything" are either just really short sighted or have some other motive going on.

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Oh, I don't disagree at all. The reason I don't think it belongs on HN is because "It's essentially a collection of unsubstantiated claims that would likely have no impact to policy even if they were demonstrably true because the driving factor is human safety and not efficacy or ease of teaching."

That has nothing to do with whether or not I agree with those claims, although in this particular case, it just so happens that I do.

The advocacy for 100% remote is motivated by the fact that there's the need to stay away from groups for an unknown amount of time. It's not short sighted, it's necessary.

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