On the flip side, they can't just stay home forever, and effective social discipline might be good for a 40 year old, but may be difficult for a 6 year old to understand. Or, perhaps a teenager who already has heard that they will likely get the flu, and be fine.
I think around here the plan is for 2 days a week in school with half of the kids, and 3 days a week of home schooling. It will be an interesting time.
Our county had about 1 "reported" new case a day for the first few months, and now is up to 5 to 15 new cases a day. Still, numbers are quite low for shutting everything down, but could explode quickly.
A lot of the younger generation in the recent cases, due to their doing stupid stuff.