I’m a public school teacher – the kids aren’t alright

Re:I’m a public school teacher – the kids aren’t alright by igetspam on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:39PM (#30017625)

Weird. My kid's school had a wild community spread right after the holidays. The owner basically informed me that because one kid's dad is a surgeon and he says it's ok (the same kids mom is an ICU nurse and disagrees completely), then they're not doing anything. In fact, she told me that it wasn't a big deal and everyone was going to get it anyway (her staff was the point of initial infection) so it didn't matter. Basically, chicken pox party rules. My four year old is disappointed but opted to not get covid instead of going to school (along with about half her class).

She has chosen to make this sacrifice for herself. Perhaps this is an artifact of how we discuss science and risk.

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Re:I’m a public school teacher – the kids aren’t alright by sha256sum on Thursday January 20, 2022 @08:47PM (#30018158)

Risk = impact x probability. Impact is low for children, probability at this point is quite high.

Impact for the immunocompromised is high, as it is for people who have lived full lives. Social distancing works for them. I do not think it works for children, despite being told by the proverbial “science” that it would have no impact on kids.

I’m not going to continue asking my child to make sacrifices for a minority of people who can adapt and respond better than he can. As a two year old, he has missed out on enough.

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