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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:32AM (#24158424)
I remain skeptical of lockdowns, but it was very common to close down schools in areas where polio was spreading.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by liability on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:12PM (#24159775)
Polio cripples 25-80% of kids that survived it, and kills 2-5% of them. Polio mainly spreads through kids.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/poliomyelit...

Comparing covid-19 to polio with regard to the danger to kids is absurd.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by ls612 on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:48AM (#24158606)
For the whole school year? Or for a couple weeks at the peak of the outbreak?
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by SpicyLemonZest on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:51AM (#24158641)
Not for the whole school year, no.
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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by erichocean on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:08PM (#24165296)
They didn't have Zoom either, so we don't know what they would have done if remote learning had been possible.
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