Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla...
by orangecat on Monday September 27, 2021 @12:37PM
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That's a total of 579 deaths among kids 17 or less in spite of the fact that schools and most activities were closed.
Schools stayed open in half of the US and many other countries, and they didn't have noticeably worse results.
579 child deaths used to be considered a lot
Bluntly, it's not. There were over 20,000 childhood deaths in 2016 (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsr1804754). That level of risk doesn't remotely justify shutting down schools and massively disrupting their lives.
Schools stayed open in half of the US and many other countries, and they didn't have noticeably worse results.
579 child deaths used to be considered a lot
Bluntly, it's not. There were over 20,000 childhood deaths in 2016 (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmsr1804754). That level of risk doesn't remotely justify shutting down schools and massively disrupting their lives.