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Lets also appreciate that second-order effects are smaller than first-order effects. This particular second-order effect affected 1000 people in 35 countries.

rajup 4y ago
Not small for the parents of those 1000 children I'm sure.
- dfbsdfbwe2ef2e 4y ago
  - rajup 4y ago
- jonhohle 4y ago
  One of my children is currently very afraid of statistically unlikely events causing him harm or death. Part of life is evaluating choices for likelihood of harm and deciding if that is an acceptable risk. I’m not saying this or that about the causes that led to this illness, but 30 cases per country is a bit hard to justify as an input to decision making, especially at a community or country level. It’s valuable information, but if we hid under the sheets for everything that affected a small portion of the population, we’d all have bed sores.
  - dfbsdfbwe2ef2e 4y ago
    Appreciate the irony that the people in favor of taking no actions against covid because the probability of dying is so low are the same people in this thread crying over 1000 people worldwide.
- johnchristopher 4y ago
  And that's why we need to ban encryption /s.
hammock 4y ago
I’d wager the vast (99.95%+) majority of kids who were kept inside to protect them from Covid, have gotten Covid by now or will get it and recover, meaning that will they have Covid immunity AND were denied the opportunity to better avoid this hepatitis infection.
- AstralStorm 4y ago
  I think you misread the article, granted it buried the lede. The suspect is an instant hit of multiple (in this case two) infections at the same time, when in normal conditions only one at a time would be likely. The solution to this issue is both unlocking lockdowns more carefully to detect such problems, and deploying vaccines if such a problem is identified.
  - hammock 4y ago
    If the problem was ending the lockdowns, why don’t we just live in a permanent state of lockdown? With mandatory vaccines? Seems like that would work
    - AstralStorm 4y ago
      Not practical, unfortunately. Plus, in typical conditions, neither of the viruses is highly problematic. Only when you get both at the same time you're more likely to suffer, and when unvaccinated to either. Kind of the same problem with COVID, it can also contribute to a terrible secondary infection. In this case, quite some time after even recuperating from it.
      - Pyramus 4y ago
        To add to the thought experiment: If it were possible to isolate every single human being (and animal etc.) a considerable number of pathogens would die out.
- willmadden 4y ago
  That's a fake account spinning the narrative.

rajup 4y ago

Not small for the parents of those 1000 children I'm sure.

dfbsdfbwe2ef2e 4y ago
- rajup 4y ago
jonhohle 4y ago
One of my children is currently very afraid of statistically unlikely events causing him harm or death. Part of life is evaluating choices for likelihood of harm and deciding if that is an acceptable risk. I’m not saying this or that about the causes that led to this illness, but 30 cases per country is a bit hard to justify as an input to decision making, especially at a community or country level. It’s valuable information, but if we hid under the sheets for everything that affected a small portion of the population, we’d all have bed sores.
- dfbsdfbwe2ef2e 4y ago
  Appreciate the irony that the people in favor of taking no actions against covid because the probability of dying is so low are the same people in this thread crying over 1000 people worldwide.
johnchristopher 4y ago
And that's why we need to ban encryption /s.

hammock 4y ago

I’d wager the vast (99.95%+) majority of kids who were kept inside to protect them from Covid, have gotten Covid by now or will get it and recover, meaning that will they have Covid immunity AND were denied the opportunity to better avoid this hepatitis infection.

AstralStorm 4y ago
I think you misread the article, granted it buried the lede. The suspect is an instant hit of multiple (in this case two) infections at the same time, when in normal conditions only one at a time would be likely. The solution to this issue is both unlocking lockdowns more carefully to detect such problems, and deploying vaccines if such a problem is identified.
- hammock 4y ago
  If the problem was ending the lockdowns, why don’t we just live in a permanent state of lockdown? With mandatory vaccines? Seems like that would work
  - AstralStorm 4y ago
    Not practical, unfortunately. Plus, in typical conditions, neither of the viruses is highly problematic. Only when you get both at the same time you're more likely to suffer, and when unvaccinated to either. Kind of the same problem with COVID, it can also contribute to a terrible secondary infection. In this case, quite some time after even recuperating from it.
    - Pyramus 4y ago
      To add to the thought experiment: If it were possible to isolate every single human being (and animal etc.) a considerable number of pathogens would die out.
willmadden 4y ago
That's a fake account spinning the narrative.