04-16-2020, 03:13 PM
(04-16-2020, 01:00 PM)GMDino Wrote: "appetizing opportunities"
DR OZ: "Schools are a very appetizing opportunity. I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet arguing the opening of schools may only cost us 2 to 3%, in terms of total mortality. Any, you know, any life is a life lost, but ... that might be a tradeoff some folks would consider." ? pic.twitter.com/aifMeKTsIv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 16, 2020
"pro-life"
Fauci said they're looking at ~60,000 deaths now when this is all said and done with the revised model, yeah?
There are ~57 million students in Elementary/Middle/High School in the US. Being able to put 57 million lives back on track, and ensuring at least 57 million minors can get at least 1 solid meal in their day.
vs
1,200-1,800 more deaths
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EVENTUALLY they have to go back. If we're seriously talking about reliable data that says only 1,200-1,800 more people would die if 57 million students went back to school (and all those teachers/janitors/kitchen staff/coaches went back to work) then you have to consider it. There's NEVER going to be a time when that number will be 0 unless we manage to make a vaccine that works 100% of the time on 100% of the people. (EDIT: And then somehow convince 100% of people in the country to take it.)
I'm full on Team Stay-At-Home, but if those numbers can be trusted, you have to give it strong consideration.
Plus, how many parents are still working but don't have anywhere/anyone to watch their child while they are at work? Or how many parents AREN'T working and a school lunch could be the only full meal that the kid could get all day?
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