14 year old girl died of COVID

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is very sad. There is a reason this has made the news and that is because Covid deaths of children are exceedingly rare. You don’t see a news story when a child dies of cancer.

No, the reason this has made the news is because this child’s short life entailed multiple tragic and drastic experiences that are disproportionately inflicted on Black people in this country.

They were both “so unusual, thus noteworthy,” but they happened to one 14 year old person and there is now no way for this society to redeem the harm done to her by know-nothings who insist that when things are rare, they aren’t worthy of focused attention.

Happy Thanksgiving.

[Anonymous]

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In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

As additional context, I'll note we're currently at 83 COVID-related deaths for children younger than 15 years of age. (as of November 18th)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

The shutdowns are because of the high number of deaths and hospitalizations. Not because of the deaths of children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s sad, but is it newsworthy?

It is mostly newsworthy because she made the news when she was 11 due to police brutality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

The shutdowns are because of the high number of deaths and hospitalizations. Not because of the deaths of children.

Tell that to the "one death is too many" crowd.

[Anonymous]

This is so sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very sad. There is a reason this has made the news and that is because Covid deaths of children are exceedingly rare. You don’t see a news story when a child dies of cancer.

No, the reason this has made the news is because this child’s short life entailed multiple tragic and drastic experiences that are disproportionately inflicted on Black people in this country.

They were both “so unusual, thus noteworthy,” but they happened to one 14 year old person and there is now no way for this society to redeem the harm done to her by know-nothings who insist that when things are rare, they aren’t worthy of focused attention.

Happy Thanksgiving.

NP. I don’t know any thing about this child or her family, but my thoughts are with them. Every death of a child is painful. They are too little, too young, too innocent, and that makes grief even more difficult. Peace to them 💕

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

As additional context, I'll note we're currently at 83 COVID-related deaths for children younger than 15 years of age. (as of November 18th)

More die each year from drowning in pools. We don't even need to develop a "pool vaccine" to save them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

As additional context, I'll note we're currently at 83 COVID-related deaths for children younger than 15 years of age. (as of November 18th)

More die each year from drowning in pools. We don't even need to develop a "pool vaccine" to save them.

Get me the stats on the contagion of drowning, stat.

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First, we aren’t shutting down anything. That inane talking point needs to stop. We are having to force certain restrictions due to people’s unwillingness to make small changes that could have avoided them. It’s sad when anyone dies. Every life is newsworthy. Yes, this death is a bit sensationalized, but still sad.

[Anonymous]

So I’m unclear on whether she had underlying health problems or not? If this is an otherwise healthy kid, then yes that is newsworthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

Not all flu deaths need to be reported the way Covid deaths do. The CDC estimates that that number is actually around 600 for 2019-2020. And agree, very sad, but not a reason to shut down schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very sad. There is a reason this has made the news and that is because Covid deaths of children are exceedingly rare. You don’t see a news story when a child dies of cancer.

No, the reason this has made the news is because this child’s short life entailed multiple tragic and drastic experiences that are disproportionately inflicted on Black people in this country.

They were both “so unusual, thus noteworthy,” but they happened to one 14 year old person and there is now no way for this society to redeem the harm done to her by know-nothings who insist that when things are rare, they aren’t worthy of focused attention.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Exactly right. One other thing to note when we look at 260000 dead, 2000 just yesterday, is that with those large numbers, we become numb. It is important to remember that there are faces, lives, and stories behind the statistics, and there are parts of society that are being disproportionately impacted. People see this young black girl and unconsciously think "hey. that's not my demographic. my kids are okay." They have lost the ability to empathize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

In the real world, where one child dying does not suffice for reason enough to shut down the rest of the society.

Curious how many dead is your threshold to shut down society.

358 H1N1 pediatric deaths in 18 months in 2009-2010.

192 influenza pediatric deaths during the 2019-20 flu season.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/cdc-near-record-number-of-children-died-from-flu-during-2019-2020-season.html

All extremely sad, yet society did not shut down.

As additional context, I'll note we're currently at 83 COVID-related deaths for children younger than 15 years of age. (as of November 18th)

More die each year from drowning in pools. We don't even need to develop a "pool vaccine" to save them.

Get me the stats on the contagion of drowning, stat.

Why does it need to be contagious for you to care about the lives of children?