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How it goes....
Person A: We need to open schools!
Me: Are you worried about multisystem inflammatory syndrome?
A: What& #39;s that?
M: A disease that& #39;s been linked to Covid.
A. Kids don& #39;t get that.
M: Actually, kids might be the only ones who do get it from Covid. Not clear yet.../1
Person A: We need to open schools!
Me: Are you worried about multisystem inflammatory syndrome?
A: What& #39;s that?
M: A disease that& #39;s been linked to Covid.
A. Kids don& #39;t get that.
M: Actually, kids might be the only ones who do get it from Covid. Not clear yet.../1
...if adults can also get it, but the primary reporting is of kids.
A. I& #39;m sure it& #39;s not serious.
Me: Actually, just yesterday, NEJM reported that in a major study, 80% of kids with MIS end up in the intensive care unit.
A: Is it fatal?
Me: Yup. 2% of the kids with it die../2
A. I& #39;m sure it& #39;s not serious.
Me: Actually, just yesterday, NEJM reported that in a major study, 80% of kids with MIS end up in the intensive care unit.
A: Is it fatal?
Me: Yup. 2% of the kids with it die../2
...A: Just 2%? Thats not bad.
Me: There are 56 million kids in school. 2% of that is 1.1 million kids.
A: That& #39;s ridiculous. 56 millions kids won& #39;t get it.
Me: You& #39;re right. I& #39;m just saying using a percentage is misleading until you know what the total is..../3
Me: There are 56 million kids in school. 2% of that is 1.1 million kids.
A: That& #39;s ridiculous. 56 millions kids won& #39;t get it.
Me: You& #39;re right. I& #39;m just saying using a percentage is misleading until you know what the total is..../3
...A. Well probably not a lot of kids will get it.
Me: No one knows. Scientists don& #39;t. I dont. You don& #39;t. "Probably won& #39;t be bad" is not the way you make life and death decisions for kids. We are responsible to protect them. Saying "Meh, I think that& #39;s ok" is irresponsible.../4
Me: No one knows. Scientists don& #39;t. I dont. You don& #39;t. "Probably won& #39;t be bad" is not the way you make life and death decisions for kids. We are responsible to protect them. Saying "Meh, I think that& #39;s ok" is irresponsible.../4
...A. We can& #39;t stay shut down forever!
Me: (Angry) Forever! Are you kidding me?! We haven& #39;t been shut down for the MINIMUM time it would take to deal with this nationwide. People keep saying "we cant do it forever" when we have barely dont anything..../5
Me: (Angry) Forever! Are you kidding me?! We haven& #39;t been shut down for the MINIMUM time it would take to deal with this nationwide. People keep saying "we cant do it forever" when we have barely dont anything..../5
...we& #39;re making a life-or-death choice and we DAMN sure need to do it based on science, not hunches and misinformation.
A: We can& #39;t turn our lives over to the experts...
I end the conversation. Again, a virus doesnt care WHAT you want..../6
A: We can& #39;t turn our lives over to the experts...
I end the conversation. Again, a virus doesnt care WHAT you want..../6
...We are responsible for kids. We need to protect them. And if anyone is too lazy to learn what& #39;s going on here and taking the action needed, they have NO Place giving their opinion on what should or should not be done.
Here is my option: Listen to experts. Do what they say.
Here is my option: Listen to experts. Do what they say.
