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It would be criminal to allow children to rampantly spread COVID too, even if they themselves were/are at low risk. Imagine the damage when a child brings home

by saila 5y ago

It would be criminal to allow children to rampantly spread COVID too, even if they themselves were/are at low risk. Imagine the damage when a child brings home COVID and one of their parents ends up dying or even "just" disabled with long COVID. There's no simple answer here.

travisathougies 5y ago
Parents of a normal age (which these seem to be) are extremely unlikely to die from COVID. This is just fear mongering.
- jmcgough 5y ago
  In the 20-44 age range, 1/500 - 1/1000 die. In 45-54 it's 1/100 - 1/200. And that's ignoring long-term complications from the disease. The numbers are a lot better now that vaccination is common, but how many people would roll that die if they don't need to? Since we talk so much about personality choice and responsibly in the US: it's their decision to take that risk, not yours.
- orwin 5y ago
  Actually... While the death rate was low, it was way, way, way higher than usual cause of death at this age. Also think about it in another way: a disease which impairs 1 out of 5000 people is not considered "rare" by any health authorities. For people 20 to 40, the death rate of covid was between 1/500 and 1/1000. And i have another point for more economically-minded people: people from age 0 to 25 cost money to society. People 25 to 55 are net positives, as they contribute much to the economy: they consume a lot, they build a lot, they have energy for associative tasks and for child rearing. They are perhaps the most productive members of society on an island. Then consider people 55+. They are less productive, on an island, but sometime they have so much experience that loosing one without warning can set a company or some research back a couple of year. Also, they consume a lot, so loosing a lot of this population suddenly would destroy any economy riding on internal consumption. The last argument is probably why policymakers of countries not know to care much about their workers still reacted quite fast (maybe overreacted: i don't think so, but i understand pleople saying that).
pmoriarty 5y ago
It's not just their parents who are at risk from a COVID-infected child, but also grandparents, teachers, and the parents and grandparents of other children who this child might infect. They are a public health menace, and should be quarantined until they are no longer infectious.

by saila 5y ago

travisathougies 5y ago

Parents of a normal age (which these seem to be) are extremely unlikely to die from COVID. This is just fear mongering.

jmcgough 5y ago
In the 20-44 age range, 1/500 - 1/1000 die. In 45-54 it's 1/100 - 1/200. And that's ignoring long-term complications from the disease. The numbers are a lot better now that vaccination is common, but how many people would roll that die if they don't need to? Since we talk so much about personality choice and responsibly in the US: it's their decision to take that risk, not yours.
orwin 5y ago
Actually... While the death rate was low, it was way, way, way higher than usual cause of death at this age. Also think about it in another way: a disease which impairs 1 out of 5000 people is not considered "rare" by any health authorities. For people 20 to 40, the death rate of covid was between 1/500 and 1/1000. And i have another point for more economically-minded people: people from age 0 to 25 cost money to society. People 25 to 55 are net positives, as they contribute much to the economy: they consume a lot, they build a lot, they have energy for associative tasks and for child rearing. They are perhaps the most productive members of society on an island. Then consider people 55+. They are less productive, on an island, but sometime they have so much experience that loosing one without warning can set a company or some research back a couple of year. Also, they consume a lot, so loosing a lot of this population suddenly would destroy any economy riding on internal consumption. The last argument is probably why policymakers of countries not know to care much about their workers still reacted quite fast (maybe overreacted: i don't think so, but i understand pleople saying that).

pmoriarty 5y ago

It's not just their parents who are at risk from a COVID-infected child, but also grandparents, teachers, and the parents and grandparents of other children who this child might infect. They are a public health menace, and should be quarantined until they are no longer infectious.