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"We were too cautious" means one thing: we prioritized one important thing too much to the exclusion of other important things. There's harm in that.

The problem with only counting the body count is that you can justify almost anything without someone arguing against you. "The risk to kids is low and we think in-school instruction is critically important for their development, so schools should reopen." "SO YOU WANT DEAD KIDS/TEACHERS/RELATIVES, DO YOU?!?! YOU MONSTER!"

That's what this debate became. THAT'S what we're arguing against.

Maybe that's what radical people would say. 
But it's more like "we have data that says children aren't too harmed by this virus, now let's study if they're contagious carriers" OR "we have data that says children aren't too harmed, but let's see if this holds true for another 3 months or 5 months or 8 months"

Or the simple "this largely doesn't harm children much, so how many deaths is acceptable?  5?  500?  5000?"

Again, the fact that we were too cautious during so much uncertainty getting such blow-back is kind of amazing to me.

Also, I think people forget that the online teaching/learning was basically done overnight.  No time to plan it out or test-run anything.  Everyone involved did their best.  If it was ineffective, perhaps plans should be in place for the next time....and there will be a next time.

Also, this.

Dr. Anthony Fauci writes COVID-19 lab leak is a ‘conspiracy theory’ in memoir — but told Congress it wasn’t (msn.com)

Fauci's involvement probably helped create the virus

it's a stretch to think he helped it leak outside the lab

I don't see any evidence of Fauci's involvement in creating the virus, but whatever.

What I see is politicians word smithing highly technical terms to generate media attention, rather than actually investigating what probably happened, it's a political show, to me, unlikely to reveal anything "real".  I don't trust Congress to investigate anything.  

Fauci turned around the next month endorsing prolonged shutdowns, saying, "There may be some areas where the level of virus is so high that it would not be prudent to bring children back to school," and warning of an "insidious increase" in cases.

In an interview with PBS News Hour after being asked if children would be forced into "many months of virtual learning," Fauci said, "In some places ... that may be the case."