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There was a LOT of push back in the scientific community regarding the risks of HIV by demographic with a ton of efforts to try to communicate it was a major ri

There was a LOT of push back in the scientific community regarding the risks of HIV by demographic with a ton of efforts to try to communicate it was a major risk equally for all. I think this was similar in some ways to claims that things like N95 masks helped more (initially called disinformation by my local health department). In these cases while there may be laudable larger public health goals, I do worry it impacts credibility a bit? What is the actual risk of death for a 5 year old for example from covid? Do we have hard numbers? Mental health impacts, obesity, drownings, accidents, family abuse issues / foster care / divorce / single parent households / various mood and behavioral disorders?. I'm kind of curious about where COVID falls in spectrum of childhood risks.

yucky 5y ago
>There was a LOT of push back in the scientific community regarding the risks of HIV by demographic with a ton of efforts to try to communicate it was a major risk equally for all. Except HIV was not and never has been an equal risk to all, not even close. Which I think was their point.
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jethro_tell 5y ago
We probably won't know for a while. We can see death/ no death right up front but it seems to be pretty savage with organs. And then you have long covid, which seems to clear up at some point but we'll be waiting a while to see what the long term affects are. We don't have hard numbers and even keeping track of cases and deaths was a bit scatter shot.
escapedmoose 5y ago
I’ve had this talk a lot with my sisters, who both have young children. Lack of good information is paralyzing when you’re trying to do right by your kids. Their view is that while the risk of death looks to be low for their kids, they’re more concerned about the long-term developmental effects COVID could have. My sister lost her hearing after a bad illness as a child. The last thing either of them wants is for something similar to happen to their kids. Fortunately they’re both in positions where keeping the kids at home throughout the pandemic wasn’t much trouble. And now that the whole crew is vaccinated, they’re far less concerned.
iosono88 5y ago

yucky 5y ago

>There was a LOT of push back in the scientific community regarding the risks of HIV by demographic with a ton of efforts to try to communicate it was a major risk equally for all. Except HIV was not and never has been an equal risk to all, not even close. Which I think was their point.

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jethro_tell 5y ago

We probably won't know for a while. We can see death/ no death right up front but it seems to be pretty savage with organs. And then you have long covid, which seems to clear up at some point but we'll be waiting a while to see what the long term affects are. We don't have hard numbers and even keeping track of cases and deaths was a bit scatter shot.

escapedmoose 5y ago

I’ve had this talk a lot with my sisters, who both have young children. Lack of good information is paralyzing when you’re trying to do right by your kids. Their view is that while the risk of death looks to be low for their kids, they’re more concerned about the long-term developmental effects COVID could have. My sister lost her hearing after a bad illness as a child. The last thing either of them wants is for something similar to happen to their kids. Fortunately they’re both in positions where keeping the kids at home throughout the pandemic wasn’t much trouble. And now that the whole crew is vaccinated, they’re far less concerned.

iosono88 5y ago