Right? Imagine how badly it could go if a disease known to cause brain damage became widespread and was circulating in the population.

If you click on the article that has actual data, the trend started in 2013 and has been mostly the same since then.

And surely one could never predict the impact of sending kids home for two years and expecting them to manage their own education on their own honor. Surely school aged children are better at paying attention to Zoom meetings than I am as an adult. It's in the computer! Kids are good at computer!