It is unhelpful to only look at risks due to covid without looking at those risks in comparison to others. Optimizing for least covid problems may cause death

It is unhelpful to only look at risks due to covid without looking at those risks in comparison to others. Optimizing for least covid problems may cause death or morbidity due to other things to actually cause more damage. Hospitalization rates in the US for covid is: 0% for 10 and under .1% for 10 - 20 In the US, the number of deaths for covid is: 20 (total!) for 0 - 14 125 (total!) for 15 - 24 By comparison, suicide caused 514 deaths for 10-14 year olds, and 6500 deaths for 15-24 year olds in 2017. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml By comparison, the CDC estimates that around 600 children died of the flu in 2017/2018. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/children.htm