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You conveniently miss one crucial piece of data that is already available. That is countries that had schools open for the most part of the pandemic. I have fa

You conveniently miss one crucial piece of data that is already available. That is countries that had schools open for the most part of the pandemic. I have families in western Canada and except early Spring and summer of 2020, schools remained open and are still open. They didn’t have much different outcome if not better than us in US.

dagmx 5y ago
Canada had varied lockdowns too by province. Canada also has way lower vaccine hesitancy and lower population density. On average Canadians have fewer co-morbidities. I live in Canada so am quite aware. If we're talking about comparisons then let's not cherry pick ones without considering the whole context.
- mercy_dude 5y ago
  > Canada had varied level of lockdowns too by province. Schools have been open for the most part in Ontario and Alberta since Fall 2020. > Canada has way lower vaccine hesitancy. New York City has 82.5% of population vaccinated, about as much as Ontario [1]. Yet schools were closed for most parents throughout the pandemic. > On average Canadians have fewer comorbidities. Where the hell are you getting this from? Health Canada numbers say 64% adults are overweight or obese [2]. [1] https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-vaccines.page#people https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-vaccines.p... [2] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/obesity-excess-weight-rates-canadian-adults.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications...
  - dagmx 5y ago
    The CDC numbers (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db56.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db56.htm) say Canadians have lower obesity Ontario also had outbreaks that aligned with the removal of lockdown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ontario?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ontario?w...) > In early September 2020, the province showed a significant increase in new cases, beginning the second wave of the pandemic. > From late November to mid-December 2020, the province began placing regions in rolling lockdowns, culminating in a province-wide shutdown beginning Boxing Day So I'm not sure your use of Ontario is the greatest.
- nradov 5y ago
  Sweden kept primary schools open even when no one was vaccinated. It wasn't a problem.

dagmx 5y ago

Canada had varied lockdowns too by province. Canada also has way lower vaccine hesitancy and lower population density. On average Canadians have fewer co-morbidities. I live in Canada so am quite aware. If we're talking about comparisons then let's not cherry pick ones without considering the whole context.

mercy_dude 5y ago
> Canada had varied level of lockdowns too by province. Schools have been open for the most part in Ontario and Alberta since Fall 2020. > Canada has way lower vaccine hesitancy. New York City has 82.5% of population vaccinated, about as much as Ontario [1]. Yet schools were closed for most parents throughout the pandemic. > On average Canadians have fewer comorbidities. Where the hell are you getting this from? Health Canada numbers say 64% adults are overweight or obese [2]. [1] https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-vaccines.page#people https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-vaccines.p... [2] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/obesity-excess-weight-rates-canadian-adults.html https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications...
- dagmx 5y ago
  The CDC numbers (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db56.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db56.htm) say Canadians have lower obesity Ontario also had outbreaks that aligned with the removal of lockdown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ontario?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Ontario?w...) > In early September 2020, the province showed a significant increase in new cases, beginning the second wave of the pandemic. > From late November to mid-December 2020, the province began placing regions in rolling lockdowns, culminating in a province-wide shutdown beginning Boxing Day So I'm not sure your use of Ontario is the greatest.
nradov 5y ago
Sweden kept primary schools open even when no one was vaccinated. It wasn't a problem.