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AdHistorical7107 t1_iu86lx8 wrote

Reply to comment by jose_luiz_ in Connecticut Students Show Steep Losses in Math and Reading, According Harvard Study by jr_reddit

We didn't know the effects until the end of 2020, early 2021. We didn't even have a vaccine for most until end of 2021....

Did you forget this was a fairly new disease? Or did all those memes about unmasking our kids change your opinion?

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gewehr44 t1_iu9596t wrote

We knew in February of 2020 as statistics came out of Spain & Italy that it was primarily affecting the elderly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-hits-seniors-the-hardest-italys-elderly-population-is-on-the-front-line/2020/02/25/bea0a278-5751-11ea-8efd-0f904bdd8057_story.html

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AdHistorical7107 t1_iu99pzf wrote

And we kept learning more too, even up to now....

Look, I know it's the republican way to outweigh children's safety for their own benefit (i.e - them choosing guns over mass murders of kids, making kids go maskless and subjecting them to a disease which may kill them, etc). But it's really kinda BS now......

The world was faced with a new disease that shut down everything. Now, what GOP can do, is fund schools for educational purposes, but given what I see in Fairfield County, they have no desire too.

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gewehr44 t1_iuavmd4 wrote

Kids were never at risk. Something like 60% of kids never showed symptoms after contracting it (as opposed to 35-40% overall). As a respiratory virus, everyone was going to be exposed eventually. Numbers out of the UK earlier in the year showed well over 90% of those under 18 with antibodies.

CT laws prohibits any school districts funding to be less than the previous year. If you actually look at school funding, the annual increases in spending far exceed the inflation rate by about 3x over the last 50 years. Any failures in school improvements aren't due to lack of funds. Go look at the towns in Fairfield county that are majority R, you'll see high spending per student.

If you want fewer children to die you could simply ban all motor vehicles. About 600 kids under 13 die in motor vehicle accidents compared to less than 50 firearm murders of all types.

Also... Not a republican.

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AdHistorical7107 t1_iudr6qg wrote

If it wasup to me, banning of guns. Thats the #1killer of kids.....

But seriously, this disease mutates. Who knows what it can turn into.....

I'll take playing on the safe side any day.....

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gewehr44 t1_iue1ujq wrote

All viruses mutate, as we know from the 1919 flu. Right now there are a lot more RSV cases sending kids to hospitals because they were kept isolated. Unless you're going to go hide in the wilderness there's no getting away from respiratory infections.

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AdHistorical7107 t1_iue3pdc wrote

I dont know. After the last 6 years, and with all these commercials, maybe hiding in the woods isn't a bad idea....

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gewehr44 t1_iuf8zf9 wrote

Everyone should be free to live as they wish. I'm just opposed to forcing people using state power.

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