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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People tend to have a very distorted view of the risk associated with things that are new.

If 1,000 kids die of flue, nobody cares, but if 400 die from COVID, it's a crisis.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999241558/in-kids-the-risk-of-covid-19-and-the-flu-are-similar-but-the-risk-perception-isn

HARRIS: Even a vaccinated parent can occasionally get infected with the coronavirus. There's also a small risk that the virus can pass to an unvaccinated child, and that child has an extremely small risk of getting seriously ill. To date, out of more than 74 million children in the United States, there have been about 300 COVID deaths and a few thousand serious illnesses. Hospitalization numbers look worse, but Dr. Roshni Mathew at Stanford's Children's Hospital says those numbers are inflated.
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Tell me if you would - what’s the risk of lifelong disability with flu vs covid?[/quote]

Or any of the other potential unknowns about the long term impact of COVID? Aren't we largely talking about another 3-6 months until a Pfizer vaccine or the like will be available for kids under 12? What's so hard about changing your behavior for just a little bit longer?[/quote]

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