These kids will never get these years back. What a disgrace.
[0] https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-by-Sex...
[1] COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00251-4
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...
> the relative risk of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is considered low compared with direct contact, droplet transmission, or airborne transmission
but yes, I agree education was in a sorry state prior to the pandemic as well
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/12/e1146/6024998
> In analysis of the cluster index cases ... only 3.8% were identified as having a pediatric index case.
> These pediatric cases only caused 4.0% of all secondary cases, compared with the 97.8% of secondary cases that occurred when an adult was identified as the index case in the cluster.
> Clusters where the asymptomatic/symptomatic status of the contact cases was not described were excluded from the analysis. Even with this broader definition, 18.5% children were identified as the index case in the household clusters.
1. COVID was always going to become endemic to humans.
2. Young people are part of society — and you’re blatantly disregarding harm to them in your appeal to the “health of my society”.
And so I can ask the same question, why are you disregarding the harm done to them (them being the young people)?
Young people are part of society so they are obligated to protect it.
It's not just who dies directly from Covid. It's also the spread of it to vulnerable populations.
It boggles the mind that this still has to be repeated. How many 22 year olds coming back from spring break will kill one of their parents or grandparents?
There is almost no feasibility in eliminating COVID at this point in time. It will mutate, and hence we need to be talking about the possibility of 'living with the disease'.
As such, how much damage are we doing damaging the education, and critical periods for these youths?
If the problem is protecting the parents and grandparents, why not do that, and isolate them rather than permanently damaging the youth.
And if you're really concerned about spring break, then add all these restrictions 2 weeks before spring break.
There are actually people that the vaccines won’t help. They are immunocompromised. They can only be protected by high vaccination rates and zero exposure to Covid.
People's brains were already broken. People are bad at statistical risk.
People are afraid of flying despite driving be much more dangerous.
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/usa-cause-of-death-by-ag...
https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/pdf/leading_causes_of_dea...
Under the age of 24, vehicle fatalities, suicide, and homicide lead in >3k deaths each year.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fentanyl-overdoses-leading-cause-...
Meanwhile, 18-45 79k have died from fentanyl overdoses in the past 2 years vs. ~50k covid deaths in that time frame.
You don't need to imagine 3k deaths being acceptable, it's in the data for all to see.
That does not lessen the impact of 3000 deaths among people who did not take on that risk.
You're just pretending that you can actually do something by making restrictions, you actually can't.
I'd rather live with ineffective American lockdowns than effective Chinese ones, but the Chinese example falsifies your statement.
