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Which is not relevant. This is not an issue regarding the health of the children as much as it is the health of the teachers.

leetrout 6y ago
YES! I don't want my wife sacrificed by an asymptomatic kid carrying it to class
- nickysielicki 6y ago
  In spite of the common idea that schools and young children are germ factories that make adults sick, there's a recent article from the American Academy of Pediatrics that shows children are very rarely the index case for COVID. It's much more likely that she would give it to them, than that they would give it to her. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/07/08/peds.2020-004879 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/07...
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    "Children aren't typically the family index case during lockdown" doesn't really tell us much about non-lockdown spread.
    - hellofunk 6y ago
      But all the evidence from European countries tells us a lot about non-lockdown spread following a proper lockdown.
      - ceejayoz 6y ago
        Sure, but right now, we've got the Georgia governor suing Atlanta to forbid a "proper" lockdown and masking, and an anti-masking political movement. "It doesn't spread in European schools" doesn't really help us very much in evaluating what'll happen in America right now.
      - alistairSH 6y ago
        ...proper lockdown... Which the US refuses to do. It's like we're the kid in school who refused to do their work, then has a tempter-tantrum because they have to forgo recess. And much of the EU (and Taiwan, Singapore, HK, etc) are the nerdy kid who finished early and now get to spend the afternoon doing something fun.
        hellofunk 6y ago
        Excellent analogy, actually.
dx87 6y ago
It's entirely relevant to the parent comment who was specifically talking about kids dying from being sent back to school. > Strong statement: dumb kids are better than dead kids.

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Which is not relevant. This is not an issue regarding the health of the children as much as it is the health of the teachers.

by hellofunk 6y ago

leetrout 6y ago
YES! I don't want my wife sacrificed by an asymptomatic kid carrying it to class
- nickysielicki 6y ago
  In spite of the common idea that schools and young children are germ factories that make adults sick, there's a recent article from the American Academy of Pediatrics that shows children are very rarely the index case for COVID. It's much more likely that she would give it to them, than that they would give it to her. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/07/08/peds.2020-004879 https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/07...
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    "Children aren't typically the family index case during lockdown" doesn't really tell us much about non-lockdown spread.
    - hellofunk 6y ago
      But all the evidence from European countries tells us a lot about non-lockdown spread following a proper lockdown.
      - ceejayoz 6y ago
        Sure, but right now, we've got the Georgia governor suing Atlanta to forbid a "proper" lockdown and masking, and an anti-masking political movement. "It doesn't spread in European schools" doesn't really help us very much in evaluating what'll happen in America right now.
      - alistairSH 6y ago
        ...proper lockdown... Which the US refuses to do. It's like we're the kid in school who refused to do their work, then has a tempter-tantrum because they have to forgo recess. And much of the EU (and Taiwan, Singapore, HK, etc) are the nerdy kid who finished early and now get to spend the afternoon doing something fun.
        hellofunk 6y ago
        Excellent analogy, actually.
dx87 6y ago
It's entirely relevant to the parent comment who was specifically talking about kids dying from being sent back to school. > Strong statement: dumb kids are better than dead kids.