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Pretty much every single one of those kids had at least a comorbidity, usually diabetes, obesity or cancer. There's also a slight problem of overcounting covid

Pretty much every single one of those kids had at least a comorbidity, usually diabetes, obesity or cancer. There's also a slight problem of overcounting covid deaths in the US, so a few of those kids actually died of car accidents, and then tested positive for the virus, so into the pile of covid deaths they went... The actual risk of death from covid for a healthy child is 1:1000000. There are so many things in life that are much riskier than that, and yet many places closed schools over such a tiny risk. It's absolute insanity.

ghoward 5y ago
Agreed, and it's even more insane when you consider the fact that the lockdowns increased the comorbidity of obesity among children!
- henrikschroder 5y ago
  In the US, for 2020, kids and teenagers seeking help for suicidal thoughts doubled, suicide attempts in that group increased by 50%, and successful suicides increased by 20%. Can we have a sane debate about the drawbacks of lockdowns and school closures? Weigh the pros and cons? Estimate the cost of each option? Nope! Hysteria it is, and if you disagree you're a grandma-killing science-hating Trumper.
vmception 5y ago
> There's also a slight problem of overcounting covid deaths in the US Recounts already happened like a year ago due to this specific criticism, revised down for miscounts and further resulting in a greater total due to missed ones. This is such an old argument that never got updated, just added to the pile of frustrations that never get revisited. The other issue with this argument is that the numbers are for indicative seriousness, and all other diseases especially respiratory illnesses have the same counting flaws, which means for relative seriousness everyone is still getting an accurate signal, compared to other ailments.

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Pretty much every single one of those kids had at least a comorbidity, usually diabetes, obesity or cancer. There's also a slight problem of overcounting covid

by henrikschroder 5y ago

ghoward 5y ago
Agreed, and it's even more insane when you consider the fact that the lockdowns increased the comorbidity of obesity among children!
- henrikschroder 5y ago
  In the US, for 2020, kids and teenagers seeking help for suicidal thoughts doubled, suicide attempts in that group increased by 50%, and successful suicides increased by 20%. Can we have a sane debate about the drawbacks of lockdowns and school closures? Weigh the pros and cons? Estimate the cost of each option? Nope! Hysteria it is, and if you disagree you're a grandma-killing science-hating Trumper.
vmception 5y ago
> There's also a slight problem of overcounting covid deaths in the US Recounts already happened like a year ago due to this specific criticism, revised down for miscounts and further resulting in a greater total due to missed ones. This is such an old argument that never got updated, just added to the pile of frustrations that never get revisited. The other issue with this argument is that the numbers are for indicative seriousness, and all other diseases especially respiratory illnesses have the same counting flaws, which means for relative seriousness everyone is still getting an accurate signal, compared to other ailments.