Biden: ‘Critically Important’ for Kids to Get Back into School

‘It is really important because of the psychological damage being done’

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BIDEN: “We're going to have debates about whether or not — for example, I can't set nationally who gets in line when and first. That's a decision the states make. I can recommend, I can say what I’ve said. Like, I’m the guy that said we should lower to 65 years of age. I think 35 states have done that, or more. I think that, for example, I think it’s critically important to get our kids back to school. I think it's really important because of the psychological damage being done and the loss of time. A kid loses a semester when they're in fifth grade. It means they’re not just a semester behind, they may be a year and a half behind. All the difficulty. You were at that town meeting I had, with that little girl who was worried that, you know, her mommy—"

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