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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that the main argument for not opening schools is that students, [b]who are generally not at risk from coronavirus, [/b]could spread the virus to vulnerable teachers, bus drivers, and family members at home. So schools remain closed and our children suffer major negative effects. Why was construction never halted around this entire city, and it is allowed to continue in Stage 1 unabated. Everyone of those construction workers are much more likely--we know adults carry a larger viral load than children--to everyone they come in contact with: their children, aging parents, spouses, public transportation drivers, the 5 to 6 other people they travel to their jobs in cars with. How can DC prioritize construction over children?[/quote]

Except for those hospitalized with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome?[/quote]

You mean the infinitesimally small number, [b]so small that it is a statistically insignificant number[/b]- a number that is no higher than the number of children who get this during cold and flu season? Yeah, except for those. And I have teenagers who need to get back to school to learn, not because I need childcare.  [/quote]

No, that's not what statistical significance means. It's not a synonym for "meaningful".

Currently, the number of people hospitalized with MIS is neither statistically significant nor statistically insignificant. It's a census. It's an actual count of the number of people hospitalized with MIS.

If someone estimated the number of people hospitalized with MIS, that also would be neither statistically significant nor statistically insignificant. It would be an estimate. Statistical significance would only come in if you were testing a hypothesis, for example: The number of people hospitalized with MIS from covid is bigger (or smaller) than the number of children who get MIS during a regular cold/flu season. The result would be either, the number of people hospitalized with MIS from covid is bigger (or smaller) at a given level of statistical significance, or the number of people hospitalized with MIS from covid is NOT bigger (or smaller) at a given level of statistical significance.[/quote]

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