> how we lay blame on people trying to protect themselves, and their family.. I think is shortsighted

Sure, but does ensuring my child has a good education not part of protecting my family? I faced about a 0.5% chance of being critically harmed by Covid versus an unknown chance that my child would permanently be affected by school closures. That's not so cut and dry a choice as people make it.

And we can find all sorts of reasons to knock private education, but they actually stayed open and provided education.