Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found
by fragmede on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:59PM
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> the same reason kids aren't especially susceptible to COVID seem to also substantially reduce their transmission of it
In hindsight, maybe, but there were a lot of unknowns in March of 2020 and that was one of them.
Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found
by roflc0ptic on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:47PM
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oh, totally - my post also said I thought the initial lockdowns were fully justified and correct, and that only after the discovery of the ACE-2 mechanism did the calculus for children having schools open change (for me)
1. humans are fuckin' terrible at thinking through second order effects, and 2. often they are simply unknowable a-priori
so to the extent that I am doing the thing I'm unhappy with, it's less hypocrisy and more accidentally proving my broad point.
At any rate, about kids: the same reason kids aren't especially susceptible to COVID seem to also substantially reduce their transmission of it. It might be the case that it's still worthwhile for the broader community, idk - I'm certainly default a little skeptical of anyone saying "think of the children!"