Google says there are 74,100,000 children in the US.

0.02% of them is 14,820.

0.2% of them is 148,200.

0.02% doesn't look much different than 0.2%.

0.0002 versus 0.002 doesn't seem like that big a difference.

Suppose that only a mere 0.0002 children die, but 10 times as many survive with permanent disabilities.

Well, that's the .002, or 148,000 kids, who are at increased risk of death from any other cause.

Even if .0002 of the kids die, a mere 14,820, the actual number of kids *affected* will be higher.

If the number of affected kids is a mere 0.2%, that number is 148,000 kids.

If a mere 0.5% of children are affected, that becomes 370,500.

Even if a mere 14,820 die.

Take a moment to imagine a mere 0.5%, or 370,500 kids with permanent cognitive and cardiovascular disabilities.

Of course, if a mere 0.5% of kids end up with permanent disabilities, they will not be equally distributed.

Most of those 370,500 kids will be poor, most will be Black, most will be attending schools where teachers have to buy their own pencils, or schools with no heat.

That mere 0.5% of *all* children will not be equally distributed.

Assume 14% of all US children are Black. That's 10,374,000 children.

370,500 would be 3.5% of those children.

3 out of every 100 Black children.

If a mere 0.5% of kids are affected, it means 370,500 kids.

And if most of those kids are Black, that's 3 out of 100 Black children.

It's genocide, even if a mere 0.5% of children are merely given permanent disabilities.

Even if a mere 0.02% directly die.