Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and increased infectivity

Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by glugc on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:10PM (#28460041)

Now in 2021 we are going to force kids to interact with their peers with a facemask on to make sure they never get to build a competent immune system.

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Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by listless on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:16PM (#28463171)

I’m with you on this. I think kids getting it is the key to us getting out of the cycle.

Despite media hysteria, the risk to children is extremely low. So low that the UK isn’t going to vaccinate most kids at all.

https://www.newsweek.com/uk-wont-vaccinate-most-children-tee...

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Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by sjg007 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:52PM (#28466004)

Please do explain exactly how will kids get us out of the cycle?

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Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by angelzen on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:29AM (#28467532)

They'll develop robust natural immunity with negligible risk, then grow up and become adults with robust natural immunity.

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Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by sjg007 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:26PM (#28475388)

I think your logic is wrong.

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Re:Spread of Delta variant driven by both immune escape and ... by sjg007 on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @01:48PM (#28460612)

There's still kids eating and playing in the dirt and there's still outside of school interactions going on. Plenty of kids not washing hands.

Wearing masks in school reduces the severity of an outbreak so that hospitals do not get overwhelmed. After all kids can get vaccinated that will help reduce hospitalizations too.

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