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Re:The Virus Changed. Now We Must ‘Get to Zero’ or Face Cata... by throwaway3699 on Sunday January 31, 2021 @04:42AM (#25977520)
We cannot indefinitely implement totalitarian lockdowns based on the fact that something "might" happen. No joke, that is how dictatorships start.
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Re:The Virus Changed. Now We Must ‘Get to Zero’ or Face Cata... by croes on Sunday January 31, 2021 @03:46PM (#25982417)
Some things are more likely than others.
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Re:The Virus Changed. Now We Must ‘Get to Zero’ or Face Cata... by __blockcipher__ on Sunday January 31, 2021 @06:38PM (#25983786)
Yes, for example ushering in a new totalitarian age is much more likely than a (in children) very mild virus magically becoming super deadly.

I really think you may not have ever read the literature on COVID-19 in children. We should be shouting at the rooftops that kids are safe (and btw transmit less than kids), instead here in California we’ve closed school for a year which will - in children - far surpass the harms of COVID-19 by orders of magnitude.

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Re:The Virus Changed. Now We Must ‘Get to Zero’ or Face Cata... by croes on Monday February 01, 2021 @12:50AM (#25985944)
A mild virus? That's some kind of understatement.

"Babies under 1 year old and children with certain underlying conditions may be more likely to have severe illness from COVID-19."

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