Posted on 11/30/2020 6:24:34 AM PST by george76
Better late than never. Perhaps because he believes Joe Biden will be inaugurated in January, Dr. Fauci is finally admitting that children do not get terribly ill from or transmit COVID-19 in any significant way. Weird, since Switzerland figured this out in April. Detailed genetic studies in Iceland showed that children were not passing the virus to adults in any significant numbers in June. And German researchers asserted that children could actually act as a brake on transmission within the community.
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Senator Paul correctly noted Sweden’s experience, which never closed their primary schools and did not see a spike in childhood illness. Germany also reopened schools in July with no significant issues. Since the summer, most industrialized countries have reopened schools, and many do not enforce distancing or mask-wearing. But this did not impress Dr. Fauci.
Paul noted the devastating effects of school closures, especially on disadvantaged children. It is only in the next decade that we will understand the impact of all the missed support services on these children. However, we do know many are not logging in for digital learning. Failure rates have also gone up where children only engage in distance learning.
Doctors and other agencies note increases in child abuse, depression, and other mental health issues in children. There has also been an uptick in self-harm and suicidal ideation. This, over a respiratory virus with an infection fatality rate (IFR) of 0.13%, according to the WHO, which is very stratified by age and tends to affect the very elderly.
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Mark
Pffft, that’s just what he says today.
true - he will flip tomorrow.
Because its about the science... wait.
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What? Any parent knows that their children are walking Petri dishes spreading colds, flus, and god knows what else. The fact that the children don’t often have noticeable symptoms doesn’t mean they aren’t spreaders. I always assumed my children were infectious and now assume the same for my grandchildren.
But anyone around children build immunity just like the children do. How many teachers are getting the Rona from their students? Even if they have it how many are getting seriously ill? From what I have seen not a single teacher I know (and I know a lot of them) as fallen seriously ill. I call it “teacher immunity”.
What constitutes a child? Under the age of 18? What is the magic age where they CAN be spreaders? Honest question. It’s a very weird phenomenon that children, of all people, don’t spread it!
I don't think the issue is not spreading, I think that the effects are minimal. Younger people fight off the virus easily.
“...It’s a very weird phenomenon that children, of all people, don’t spread it!”
Protestors, revelers, rioters don’t spread either. Talk about a real head scratcher.
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“Look at the data, the spread from children and among children is not very big at all, not like one would have suspected.”
Team Reason has known this since April and pushed the data, despite Fauci saying (fearfully) otherwise - https://t.co/lqqddqhVAlpic.twitter.com/i9ME6tNf8j— Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) November 29, 2020
They really, really don’t know if they are spreading it.
asymptomatic don’t spread the virus and most children are asymptomatic
we’re going to see a flood of these, the virus isn’t as bad as we thought” stories now that they think biden is elected.
next up will be, “don’t worry about new cases; only look at morbidity, and it’s completely under control!”
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Horowitz: A severely symptomatic lie about asymptomatic spread
If it was really dangerous, CA would be up to its armpits in dead homeless.
EXCELLENT SCIENCE REPORT
Long read, but very good explanation of death reporting and COVID
Reason behind Dying: A Primer
By Sammy Edwards / November 29, 2020
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen – 27 November 2020
There has been massive media attention on Covid-19 deaths – and there have been a lot of them. The CDC as of noon on 26 November 2020 was reporting that there have been 259,005 total Covid-19 deaths in the United States.
Yet anyone who reads widely is aware that there have been reports of a motorcycle accident victim being reported as a Covid death. There are many who correctly report that all people dying from or with Covid and even suspected of dying from-or-with Covid-19 are all being counted as certified reportable must-make-the-headlines Covid-19 Deaths.
[Note: This is a long and rather detailed explanation of what leads to the situation in which we find ourselves regarding Covid-19 Deaths reporting. Those who want a better understanding of the issue should continue reading. Readers with no or little interest can just accept this brief synopsis: “It’s Complicated” and move on to other posts. ]
Various experts, journalists, bloggers, and pundits tells us that “Covid Deaths” are being over-counted, mis-counted and even under-counted. Other pundits and media-reported experts desperately try to reassure us that Covid Death counts are correct and real – and that we should all stay concerned and follow all government mandates – which vary from “reasonable” to “obviously based on magical thinking” (closing bars and restaurants at 10 PM because that’s when the Corona Virus Zombies attack) — all this despite various governments having different and contradictory mandates (or even an absence of mandates) and the various States in the United States following differing rules and policies on Covid Deaths reporting. Those reporting “facts” like “US Covid-19 Deaths overestimated by 17 times” (based on this CDC comorbitity data) are sadly mistaken and misinform the general public, just adding to the general confusion on the subject.
READ AT: https://shepherdgazette.com/reason-behind-dying-a-primer/
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