I dont think theresanyway to answer those questions in light of our countrys current testing situation.

People with the coronaviruscan spread it before they start developing symptoms.

Some people who have COVID-19 have a mild enough case that they dont ever realize they are infected.

Many, perhaps all, schools half-assed reopening plans will be defenseless against all of the above.

Other players may choose not to participate, without pay but also without penalty.

The players will not be traveling.

Fans will not attend.

Symptoms will be monitored closely, and there are strict rules about masks and distancing.

Everyone in the bubble is tested each night, with the results coming the following morning.

When a plan breaks down

Major League Baseball did not opt for a bubble.

Instead, teams are traveling as usual, and players are on their own and advised to exercise care.

They have plenty of tests, but tests along arent enough.

Just four days into the season, theMarlins have 11 cases among playersand have canceled their home opener.

MLBrequiredplayers to test negative before showing up for training.

But the soccer league had strict rules for how players were expected to protect themselves off the field.

And they played in a country with far lower prevalence of the virus than the US.

The baseball players, meanwhile, are constantly traveling from city to city, many of them coronavirus hotspots.

What do we think is going to happen?

So far, it seems the NBAs bubble approach works better than the MLBs looser guidelines.

But both are miles ahead of what schools are being expected to do with more people and less funding.

Nobody is requiring my children to turn in multiple negative tests before showing up to school.

And we expect COVID-19 not to spread through our schools?

Im not saying I want my child to be treated like a basketball player.

And thats why Im quite sure there will be cases, and deaths, in schools this year.

I dont pretend to have an answer, nor do I know the best approach for our whole society.

But I do know we cant separate what happens in schools from what happens elsewhere.

But we didnt, so we are stuck in this mess.