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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From CNN article from today:

“Less than 0.2% of Covid-19 deaths in the United States have been among children, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Children account for about one in five (22%) people in the US population overall, but about one in every 645 Covid-19 deaths and one in every six Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.

There have been about 1,100 deaths and about 8.3 million cases among children, according to CDC data.“

I still support masking at school and elsewhere in public until the medical and scientific communities say otherwise, but these are good data that can help inform decision-making going forward. [/quote]

Ugh.  You are missing the point.  The issue isn't simply whether a child can get sick and die from covid, its that if your kid gets the virus they carry it back to your home and can spread it to anyone they come in close contact with... and some of those other age/health groups ARE dying.  [/quote]

Sooooo? Everyone who wants to get vaccinated pretty much already has. If we accept the use of vaccines giving us reasonable protection against covid, when do the restrictions end? The virus is here to stay, millions of people have gotten it twice now/ and or gotten Covid after the vaccine. At this point further losses due to Covid though regrettable have to happen sooner or later. If you wanna keep protecting people from Covid we are going to be masking for another 20+ years to protect triple maxed 75 year olds (median age Covid death) great for you but some of us will accept such losses in the name of higher margainal benefit. [/quote]

Agreed![/quote]

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