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[quote=Anonymous]The author of the original post doesn't seem to know anything about epi or stats.  That person wrote: “Children only die .0016 of the time.”

First, conceding we’re an increasingly morally bankrupt society, but when did we start talking about children’s lives, or anyone’s lives, like this? This how the villain in movies talks about mortality, usually 10-15 minutes before the good guy kills him.

If you’re in this camp, and I acknowledge that many, many people are, I’m asking you to consider that number from a slightly different angle.

FCPS has 189,000 children. .0016 of that is 302.

This assumes 100% of kids in FCPS get COVID-19, which seems highly unlikely.

Instead of reading a FB post by someone with no training, check out this helpful thread by an MD who focuses on infectious disease. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1281310036673867776.html

It suggests that opening schools is safest for elementary schools (particularly for kids under 10).  This could be due to less of the receptors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in the noses of younger kids.[/quote]

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