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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your question has SUCH a victim blaming tone (the type of kid who will get COVID).

As a public health practitioner, that is really offensive to me.

If the kid breathes, he could get COVID.

Are some people less cautious, yes. But when you live in close quarters with hundreds/thousands of young people (some % of which are spreading an infectious disease without knowing they are even sick), you could well contract the virus THROUGH  NO  FAULT  OF  YOUR OWN.

Stop stigmatizing this illness, it is not helpful. Have compassion and humility.   More than 4 million people have gotten COVID in six months in the US alone. That is because it is an organism that is very effective at spreading between humans.

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What is "your fault" is knowing *choosing* to go into "close quarters with hundreds of thousands of young people" during a pandemic, when you had options not to do so, and when your school even gave you the option not to skip the year and wait it out, but to keep studying and working towards your degree.

So there's that.[/quote]

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