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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]My other hypothesis has to do with age. Wards 4 and 8 have a high population of kids and teens relative to other wards. Young people are always poor at gauging risk. Further compounding the problem, there has been a lot of messaging in the pandemic about how young people don’t get as sick and how schools should be safe. It’s easier to rationalize not wearing an uncomfortable mask when this is what you’ve heard.[/quote]
Young people are at very low risk from this virus. A teenager who doesn’t wear a mask is assessing their risk correctly.[/quote]

I mean, you're not actually dim enough to think this is the point, right?[/quote]
The previous poster was trying to make the (stupid) argument that young people aren’t making the right risk assessment.

The reality is that they are making the right assessment for themselves. Their risk is so low, that wearing masks and socially distancing doesn’t make any difference for them.

Maybe their decisions have negative effects on other people. But, it’s not like older people would be willing to make any sacrifices for younger folks in our society.[/quote]

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