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> The scientific community was focused on the danger to kids from COVID, The scientific community wasn't focused on that, political pundits were focused on tha
by vkou 3y ago
> The scientific community was focused on the danger to kids from COVID,
The scientific community wasn't focused on that, political pundits were focused on that. Specifically, by shouting loudly and repeatedly that because children aren't dying from COVID, we should keep schools open.
Those pundits never had a good answer for 'But while the children aren't dying/getting seriously sick from COVID, what about their parents/grandparents/etc?'
- hotpotamus 3y agoThe lieutenant governor of my state, Dan Patrick, said fairly early on that grandparents should be willing to sacrifice themselves for the economy. I asked my grandmother and she did not agree.
- superooled 3y agoThen she can stay at home and continue to collect her pension, and avoid breathing near small children.
- superooled 3y ago[flagged]