That's probably not a far stretch from the truth. My nephew and his wife were talking about all the precautions and social distancing for children who will presumably return to school in September. Who knows if schools will reopen in September as our governor has extended the self quarantine to June 12, 2020.
It's been hysterical in the media (which I don't watch. Other people do that, then post their comments). The government has been 'following the science'. Experts! Look where that has got us! Going back 20 years!
I don't think your nephew and his wife should be too worried.
This is an interesting website. (Warning: Toby Young might be a conservative person of the right, rather than a liberal lefty. DO NOT read further if you are a lefty!)
Link to external site which Admin has prevented me from posting.
Some extracts:
Over 99% of children with confirmed coronavirus survive.
"This means that out of the 433 children in Sweden who have confirmed cases of coronavirus (this obviously excludes asymptomatic or mild cases who were never tested), the mortality has been 0.2% and out of the 2235 children in England the mortality has been 0.5%. So over 99% of confirmed cases in both countries survive. The true infection fatality rate is likely to be even higher."
"A number of reviews have been published on the role of children in community transmission of COVID-19. Munro and Faust looked at studies in China, South Korea, Iceland, Italy, Japan, France, the Netherlands and Australia and concluded that “these data so far have been consistent across regions and continue to push the evidence in one direction” which means that children do not appear to be significantly implicated in spreading coronavirus even to siblings and family members."
"The fact remains that most of the available evidence so far points to the fact that children are not spreading coronavirus or suffering from it. Closing schools as the government deemed unnecessary initially was an emotional rather than a scientific response. The majority of cases are in adults and the vast proportion of deaths are also. Whilst there have been some cases of severe reactions in children lately, it is unclear whether this is related to their underlying co-morbidity and their immune response to the virus."
"As much as I understand a parent’s desire to protect their child, from the risk of illness, as I did with Matthew, we cannot do that at the expense of them living. Being isolated from their friends, washing their hands until they bleed and wearing masks which ultimately reduce the oxygen intake and suppress their immune system is likely to do more harm than if they catch coronavirus."
I don't think your nephew and his wife should be too worried.
This is an interesting website. (Warning: Toby Young might be a conservative person of the right, rather than a liberal lefty. DO NOT read further if you are a lefty!)
Link to external site which Admin has prevented me from posting.
Some extracts:
Over 99% of children with confirmed coronavirus survive.
"This means that out of the 433 children in Sweden who have confirmed cases of coronavirus (this obviously excludes asymptomatic or mild cases who were never tested), the mortality has been 0.2% and out of the 2235 children in England the mortality has been 0.5%. So over 99% of confirmed cases in both countries survive. The true infection fatality rate is likely to be even higher."
"A number of reviews have been published on the role of children in community transmission of COVID-19. Munro and Faust looked at studies in China, South Korea, Iceland, Italy, Japan, France, the Netherlands and Australia and concluded that “these data so far have been consistent across regions and continue to push the evidence in one direction” which means that children do not appear to be significantly implicated in spreading coronavirus even to siblings and family members."
"The fact remains that most of the available evidence so far points to the fact that children are not spreading coronavirus or suffering from it. Closing schools as the government deemed unnecessary initially was an emotional rather than a scientific response. The majority of cases are in adults and the vast proportion of deaths are also. Whilst there have been some cases of severe reactions in children lately, it is unclear whether this is related to their underlying co-morbidity and their immune response to the virus."
"As much as I understand a parent’s desire to protect their child, from the risk of illness, as I did with Matthew, we cannot do that at the expense of them living. Being isolated from their friends, washing their hands until they bleed and wearing masks which ultimately reduce the oxygen intake and suppress their immune system is likely to do more harm than if they catch coronavirus."
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