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Endless lockdown is not an option. Endless unemployment payments are not an option. Leaving children school-less for a year is not an option. And pretending that these things represent responsible policy options is a lie.
We need a hell of a lot fewer top-line, 30,000-ft. scare quotes from the experts, and a lot more discussion of risk profiles for various populations.
Stop saying "sure, the average age of death from covid is 80, but kids are dying too." This is deeply dishonest. The question is how MANY kids (answer: nearly zero). Stop saying "teachers are at serious risk." The question is which teachers (age, e.g.), and how large a risk.
Also, stop acting as though it is a tragedy when a young person gets covid and then is fine. That young person is no longer a vector for transmission! That person should isolate to prevent danger to the more vulnerable; masks should be used for the same, of course.
But stop pretending that 20-year-olds going to the office is akin to letting covid loose in an old age home. It isn't. Tranching healthy populations into the work force is a good, responsible thing to do. Protect the vulnerable, and let everyone else live responsibly!
And please, if you have no hard data, stop presenting headlines like "Your toilet will disperse covid! (Sotto voce: we don't know if this is actually a threat)" and "You may get organ damage from covid! (Sotto voce: we don't have statistical estimates on how severe or how often)"
Here's the rule: if you've got statistical estimates, it isn't panic porn and we should take it very seriously. If you don't, let's wait before there are such statistical estimates to jump to "SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN FOREVER OR YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DIE!"
