From: robgood@bestweb.net   
      
   On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 1:15:44 PM UTC-4, Howard wrote:   
   > Opus the Penguin  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Howard  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Anecdotally, I know a pediatric ER doctor who says she's seen a   
   > number   
   > >> of kids with severe cases, so kids can definitely have problems. I   
   > >> don't know how the numbers compare to adults, and it seems like kids   
   > >> definitely have better ability to fight off the life threatening   
   > >> complications.   
   > >   
   > > For me, the theme for this virus has been, whatever I think I know,   
   > > wait a month. If they (the sane people who seem to know what they're   
   > > talking about) are still saying it's true, then *maybe* it's true.   
   > > File it under fact for now, but check back in another month.   
   > >   
   > > Currently on probation are the ideas that kids are less susceptible   
   > > and that contaminated surfaces aren't a major vector. Those things   
   > > may be true but I'm still treating them as though they might not be.   
   >   
   > I think it is clear that adults and kids and seniors don't react the   
   > same way to infection, but it's far from clear how all of that plays   
   > out, and there are a lot of other factors involved.   
   >   
   > One thing that's indisputable but largely ignored in the current debate   
   > is that there are over 50 million school kids in this country. Also,   
   > they will still be crowding and hugging and wrestling and kissing and   
   > stealing food off of lunch trays and smearing their hands in each others   
   > faces every single day.   
   >   
   > You can argue whether the risks are lower in a single encounter when   
   > kids are involved. But the GOP wanting the government to mandate 50   
   > million people getting together under these conditions (plus teachers   
   > and custodians and administrators and cafeteria workers....) makes it   
   > clear they adore big government.   
      
   How often have schools closed because of the flu?  I don't get the   
   justification for closing because of THIS respiratory illness and not THAT one.   
      
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