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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here you go, writeup from Sloan Kettering on long term immunity problems after covid infection --

https://libguides.mskcc.org/CovidImpacts/Immune

but deniers gonna deny[/quote]

And this impacted low income students more? Do we have (I'm gonna guess the answer is no) correlation data of students who had COVID and are now chronically absent due to illnesses?  Do the COVID rates in individual schools correspond to each school's absenteeism rate?

I don't deny long-term impacts of COVID. Just wondering whether this is really the cause of the absenteeism, or what percentage of the absenteeism it actually accounts for. "Immunity problems." Does that mean they're getting more sick (where parents actually keep them home, not just some sniffles)? Or are parents keeping them home more to "protect" them?

I'm assuming the elementary and at least most of the middle schoolers' absences are known by the parents. But how much middle school and high school is students just skipping or without the parents' pre-knowledge?  Those are two very different situations with different causes for the absenteeism.[/quote]

did you even read the link? [/quote]

The medical explanation of immunity impacts does not answer  my questions or address my comments above. Where does the information in the link address economic correlations? Most of my questions are not directly linked to the immunity issue.[/quote]

DP.  Agree the immunity article does not address the chronic absenteeism that, even among our low income schools,  is really uneven.  PP hides behind insults (“Covid denier”),  but in fact long Covid affecting a sliver of kids does not explain chronic absenteeism among lots of kids. [/quote]

It's hard to explain things to people who are willfully trying not to get it. It's not just long Covid, it's also that Covid impacts immunity so people get sick more after having Covid, or develop other chronic health conditions. Read the article, then read more about it. This isn't the only article and you can google just as well as I can. Educate yourself.

When people get sick more, yes that will increase absenteeism. We know that Covid impacted certain populations more than others, including low income. Can you really not make this connection?
Covid hit low income communities harder = more Covid = Covid damages immmunity = people who have had Covid get sick more post Covid = more absenteeism.

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