Friday, August 28, 2020

Child Covid cases

The country is facing a series of dilemma's. Polls show that people want their children to go back to school but the same polls show the parents are concerned about the virus. Teachers who continue to get paid are not that anxious to go back to school with the threat of the virus hanging over their heads although some have suggested that if the teachers did not get paid they would move quickly to open the schools. Parents in low income families want the schools open since they cannot afford child care so they cannot return to work. Children in more affluent families are less concerned and all families are not happy with online school. Some people want to cut police budgets or cut police but those who live in low income neighborhoods fear for their safety if police presence is diminished while those who live in gated communities are less concerned. Some feel that protesting for certain reasons is acceptable but other gatherings are not acceptable. The risk to children is very low. Children were 0%-0.3% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 21 states reported zero child deaths For some reason or another, it is difficult to find out how many people 18 or younger in the USA have died from covid but the best guess is less than 50. As of July 14th 7,888 children in Canada have been diagnosed with covid resulting in one death.

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