Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk

Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by dragontamer on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:29PM (#23874474)

My niece was born with a defective kidney. Her chances of dialysis grows with every infection... and COVID19 has been shown to cause long-term damage to kidneys and livers.

I'd expect my niece to survive COVID19 if she got it. But I'd also expect her to get significant kidney damage and possibly dialysis as a result. Every UTI she gets results in an emergency room visit under normal circumstances. We've been lucky enough that she hasn't had anything this year, but... she's definitely not someone we'd want to see COVID19 infect.

Not everyone's kids are 100% healthy out there. Keep that in mind. There are mutations out there that are completely silent and hidden, and we try to keep these little facts inside the family.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by doopy-loopy2 on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:40PM (#23874597)

Then she can stay home - 99.99% of children wont have issues.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by dragontamer on Friday July 17, 2020 @03:53PM (#23874743)

You're grossly underestimating the prevalence of birth defects that lead to health issues in children.

And adults for that matter. (Any teacher who has a similar immuno-comrpomised situation, or knows of someone similarly immuno-compromised is at risk).

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In any case, I "don't worry" about the potential death of my niece at all. What I care about are the long term health effects on her and her life. And for the long-term health effects of other children too.

This disease has been shown to ravage and disable athletes: destroying their lung function even when they survive. Deaths are hardly endgame: long-term chronic illnesses are still a problem to try to minimize.

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Re:Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at... by amanaplanacanal on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:03PM (#23875524)

I have read that birth defects of one sort or another are 6% of live births. I have no idea what percentage of those lead to ongoing health issues.

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