WHERE ARE THE SHIPHRAH, PUAH, AMRAM AND JOCHEBED SAVIORS FOR OUR CHILDREN?
©Wendell Griffen, 2020 Like many others, I am praying for children, teachers, and school staff who are being ordered to return to school buildings and classrooms in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. However, we should also pray for the adults who knowingly send children of God into the teeth of a lethal virus under conditions that we know are harmful because of the pandemic and the dangers of COVID-19. Adults (politicians, school officials, educators, and parents) know that indoor gatherings of groups of people threaten the health of persons who breathe. Adults know that children breathe. Adults know that children can be asymptomatic yet infected with coronavirus. Adults know schools do not have enough personal protective equipment (masks, gloves, gowns, etc.) to protect students, teachers, support staff and school visitors). We know these facts. That knowledge gives us the moral power and ethical duty to keep children out of school to