Casualties of reopening schools: Children dying from COVID-19
www.wsws.org
Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases throughout the United States, hundreds of children have lost their lives to the disease.

Can't wait for the narrative to be that "it was only a few kids" and not "perhaps we shouldn't have abruptly reopened schools"

  • TheModerateTankie [any]
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    3 years ago

    Before delta it was twice as deadly as the flu in children. Who knows what it's going to be after delta is done running through the population.

    • fed [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      lethality isn’t the biggest issue with covid, it’s the serious long term side effects that are wayyyyy more common. Like the term twice as deadly as the flu sounds scarier than saying 50 turning to 100.

      I think the only way you are gonna get ppl to care is talking about the more common complications, bc every parent is gonna go “MY BABY IS NOT GOING TO DIE, I RAISED THEM RIGHT”

      • D3FNC [any]
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        3 years ago

        "Lethality isn't the biggest issue with covid"

        Yeah uh if you could just tell my PTSD that it would be great thanks. Saw more people die in six months than the previous ten years.

      • Parenti [comrade/them,any]
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        3 years ago

        Also ICU beds filling up and fucking over people with problems completely unrelated to COVID. I don't know whether some people choose to ignore this or just couldn't care less