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That’s also why the “remote learning” during Covid was such an infuriating joke: the main purpose of schooling (which is daycare) was destroyed, and the learni

• sofixa 4y ago
  > This is all while the elementary school children were at no risk from the disease First, that's untrue: https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/covid-19/ https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/covid-19/ Of course it's not even close to the death rate in adults, especially older ones, thankfully, but it isn't "no risk". Second, the main reason for school closures was that the kids, even if there's very little risk for them, can transmit the disease to family and friends. Nonetheless, some countries, like France, made the choice to keep the schools open to maintain some level of schooling for most kids. It wasn't without issues and massive criticism from teachers ( who were risking their lives to keep other people's kids occupied), parents ( because classes were closed when a kid got Covid to prevent further transmission, so you could suddenly have to deal with your kid), etc.
  • xyzzyz 4y ago
    • elcomet 4y ago
      But that's not for you to decide. We live all together, and someone getting sick from an infectious disease concerns us all.
      • xyzzyz 4y ago
        People who don’t want to get exposed can just continue to stay at home. Sure, they might not like it, but my children don’t like the house arrest either. The difference is that I’m not forcing anything on you, it is you who are forcing things on me.
        • elcomet 4y ago
          Yes you are forcing things on people, without noticing it. You are forcing vulnerable people to stay at home.
          • xyzzyz 4y ago
            No, I’m not, any more than I am, through my driving, forcing people scared of being hit by a car to stay home.
    • Dylan16807 4y ago
      > the grocery store clerks had more integrity and sense of duty The grocery store clerks shouldn't have been risking themselves without hazard pay either. Making someone too desperate to quit isn't duty, and calling people essential without treating them better is insulting.
  • concordDance 4y ago
    That link is a very complicated one that could mislead people due to the first numbers they see. The number of direct deaths of under 10s in developed countries who did not suffer from a serious congenital condition is essentially 0 (e.g. in the UK about 1 in 20k deaths were of a child under 10 and as far as I know they all had serious health conditions).
    • TheOtherHobbes 4y ago
      There's been an outbreak of hepatitis recently which has resulted in a number of deaths and is very probably Covid-related. There's also a significant risk of Long Covid, although the details are still being debated. Covid attacks the immune system and also hugely increases the risk of complications from micro-clotting. It's certainly not a disease to be casual about, in either kids or adults.
      • concordDance 4y ago
        Note that long covid is MUCH more common in older populations. I'm unaware of a case of debilitating long covid in a child under 10.