In 2020 more youths under 24 died from Suicide (5,568) than died from Covid (1,420 in 8/2022) so why were schools closed?

[Rigby5]

To protect the community. Kids spreading COVID to other kids spread it to adults who spread it to vulnerable adults.

The more COVID running around, the more deaths.

Wrong.

It was well known kids were NOT getting covid so then could not spread it.

And clearly the more you have "covid running around" the sooner we would have reached herd immunity levels, and it would have ended, saving over 800,000 lives.
As long as R0 is greater than 1, the longer you let an epidemic continue, the worse it is and the more deaths you will cause.
Time is of the essences.
You need to end epidemics as quickly as possible, as long as R0 is greater than 1.
With covid it was around 2.0.

 

[Rigby5]

Because Trump's CDC recommended it.

The CDC also recommended the fake mRNA vaccinations which also did not work and were a bad idea.
But most other countries, like Japan, China, Korea, etc., got it right and never closed their schools.

 

[Rigby5]

The schools were closed because they didn't know children wouldn't get it till years later, and also because teachers and other adults refused to work there.

I have some sympathy with this: children are SO CONTAGIOUS. They may not get stuff so bad, but they sure do spread it.

Wrong.
The whole world knew months before covid broke out in the US, that children were inherently immune.
They could not get covid, so then could not spread it.

 

[Marener]

It was well known kids were NOT getting covid so then could not spread it.

This is completely false.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The CDC also recommended the fake mRNA vaccinations which also did not work and were a bad idea.

That dang Trump did not get anything correct.

But most other countries, like Japan, China, Korea, etc., got it right and never closed their schools.

That is what happens when you react immediately instead of waiting for months due to political asperations. The US and ROK had their first case on virtually the same day. Within a week the leader of the ROK called together the heads of industry and told them what was coming and what would be needed to fight it. By the time COVID hit Korea in force they had testing kits waiting, they had COVID tracking in place and had more than enough PPE gear for their first responders and medical personnel.

That is why Korea had 685 deaths per million compared to almost 3500 for the US