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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]75 million people under age 18 in the US.  If they all get Covid, with even a 1% death rate, that's 750,000 people.

What you are really saying is you aren't worried because your family won't be one of the affected ones.  So you assume.[/quote] 
The death rate for people under the age of 20 is 0.003%. The only group with a death rate above 1% are people aged 70+.[/quote]

Is this why so many people are against opening schools?  Do people really think kids have anything close to a 1% chance of dying from COVID?[/quote]

Closing schools has nothing to do with protecting kids, it’s anxiety-paralyzed adults worrying about saving themselves. [/quote]

Everyone should be worried about saving themselves and other.[/quote]

Not pp but this seems a bit extreme wouldn’t that mean we all just stop driving because it is so risky to each other?  There has to be some cost benefit analysis.  I worry that large groups of kids are far more likely to be worse harmed by school closure than by covid.  It doesn’t seem to be a very rational decision right now.  [/quote]

Of course we're not going to stop driving, but society has put a ton of restrictions on driving to make it safer.  Seatbelts, speed limits, car seats, safety measures built into cars, a million driving rules, no texting, etc etc.  Similarly, we should take measures to keep more people from dying of covid.  E.g., school is still happening, but it is remote in some areas.  Personally, I'd close restaurants, bars, gyms, etc and see if it is possible to open schools, but there are also other ways to do it.  And H1N1 had more child deaths, but schools never closed for that, so it isn't an apt comparison.[/quote]

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