Anonymous
05/20/2020 22:51
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
It would be nice if we had a feel for how many kids have been infected with the virus so we could figure out roughly how likely it is that a given child will develop this syndrome. Unfortunately our testing has been terrible and we have no idea.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 22:51
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Anonymous wrote:Front page of the WaPo is reporting 23 DMV area children are currently hospitalized with the syndrome at Children’s. Given that it attacks their hearts that’s. ... not good.
The numbers are so small it should inform no public policy, but I guess wapo needed to scare some people
Anonymous
05/20/2020 22:47
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Front page of the WaPo is reporting 23 DMV area children are currently hospitalized with the syndrome at Children’s. Given that it attacks their hearts that’s. ... not good.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 20:16
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The media has to keep us afraid.
The media has to keep us reading/watching their stuff. We apparently like to be afraid.
The media made up this new syndrome? Are they responsible for the deaths from it, too?
A new pediatric syndrome has been discovered and you don’t want to know about it. That’s bizarre to me as a parent.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 17:48
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
^^The rate
It's not just that we think it's novel, but it actually is novel, and the sequelae in this aspect are indeed notably different.
This happens with every virus. Why is everyone so confused about risk perception? I don’t get this. How do you all ever go about living? Literally, every flu season, there is a risk this additional reaction will occur. This is tiring.
This is a brand new threat. Other risks are familiar. Our brains look at those two situations differently. People under-react to familar threars and over-react to novel threats. With novel threats we can't make ourselves feel better by drawing on past experience. ("Well I have (or my kid has) caught the flu several times before, and I (she) recovered just fine".)
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/03/fear
It's not just that we think it's novel, but it actually is novel, and the sequelae in this aspect are indeed notably different.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 17:46
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Anonymous wrote:This happens with every virus. Why is everyone so confused about risk perception? I don’t get this. How do you all ever go about living? Literally, every flu season, there is a risk this additional reaction will occur. This is tiring.
If a given children's hospital sees 5 cases of Kawasaki disease a year, practitioners are going to wonder what's up. Thre rate kids are presenting with this right now is highly unusual.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 17:45
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Anonymous wrote:This happens with every virus. Why is everyone so confused about risk perception? I don’t get this. How do you all ever go about living? Literally, every flu season, there is a risk this additional reaction will occur. This is tiring.
This is a brand new threat. Other risks are familiar. Our brains look at those two situations differently. People under-react to familar threars and over-react to novel threats. With novel threats we can't make ourselves feel better by drawing on past experience. ("Well I have (or my kid has) caught the flu several times before, and I (she) recovered just fine".)
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/03/fear
Anonymous
05/20/2020 17:40
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
Anonymous wrote:The media has to keep us afraid.
The media has to keep us reading/watching their stuff. We apparently like to be afraid.
Anonymous
05/20/2020 10:28
Subject: Possible coronavirus-linked inflammatory illness in kids identified in Virginia for first time
This happens with every virus. Why is everyone so confused about risk perception? I don’t get this. How do you all ever go about living? Literally, every flu season, there is a risk this additional reaction will occur. This is tiring.