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> "I don't think we should go overboard in trying to develop a system that doesn't recognize the reality that this virus really is relatively benign to those of
by claudeganon 6y ago
> "I don't think we should go overboard in trying to develop a system that doesn't recognize the reality that this virus really is relatively benign to those of us that are under the age of 20”
Great. How about their teachers and school staff, parents and extended family? What are the consequences of watching you’re teachers get seriously ill or die, losing a grandparent, or your mom or dad? Also, novel disease so we don’t actually know the long term consequences for children or anyone else.
3 teachers in Arizona tried to be extra precautious and do in person instruction over the summer. Now, one of them is dead from COVID:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2020/07/09/after-arizona-teacher-kim-byrd-dies-covid-questions-raised-over-school-reopening/5405651002/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education...
- redis_mlc 6y ago> one of them is dead So almost nobody. I rest my case.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoI don’t mean to be harsh, and it is sad, but the plural of anecdote is still not data.
- claudeganon 6y agoOk, but, regardless, it corresponds exactly with the CDC's own assessments. Reopening schools is among one of the highest risk things for spread of the disease: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-schools-reopening.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-schools...
- mixmastamyk 6y agoIt needs to be spread. Remember "flatten the curve?"
- lostlogin 6y agoDoes it? I'm in New Zealand.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoTrue, if NZ cuts off contact with the rest of the world indefinitely, it doesn’t need to spread.
- lostlogin 6y agoOr quarantines at the border for two weeks, which we are doing.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoChina found that two weeks is not enough. Some got through.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoShould add, this isn’t an option for most countries that do not have 100% control over their border.
- claudeganon 6y agoIt doesn’t need to be spread at all. Taiwan, New Zealand, and Vietnam have halted it. If the US had acted with the sanity and foresight of those countries, we wouldn’t even be in this mess.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoYes, living on a completely isolated island helps immensely. So does a government with extensive experience and dictatorial powers. The rest of us aren't so lucky. Flatten the curve and enjoy the ride.
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- ceejayoz 6y ago"Gathering people together in-person spreads viruses" is well supported by both anecdotes and data.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoThe anecdote had to do with a 33% fatality rate of the three teachers... not that viruses spread. We are trying to flatten the curve, i.e. the only known vaccine is surviving covid. Most vaccines fail, maybe we will have one in 5-10 years, maybe not. It might be like HIV in regards to difficulty.