This is a question that many parents have wondered about during the course of the pandemic. And we are here to tell you that the answer is most definitely, NO. Read on to find out why. The COVID pandemic has been difficult enough without adding on the additional burden of understanding the COVID science and rationales behind…
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NBC News reports “Many parents are hesitant to give their kids a Covid-19 vaccine. What if schools require it?
This is going to be a huge issue, and I don’t think most people understand that yet,” a school law attorney said. Michelle Vargas of Granite City, Illinois, has always vaccinated her 10-year-old daughter, Madison. They both typically get flu shots. But when a vaccine for the coronavirus eventually comes out, Vargas will not be giving it…
Reason reports “CDC Data Confirm That Young People Face a Negligible Risk of Dying From COVID-19”
The latest data on COVID-19 cases and fatalities from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm that young people face a negligible risk of dying from the disease, while people 65 and older face a much higher risk. Patients 65 or older account for about 16 percent of confirmed cases but four-fifths of COVID-19 deaths….
Fortune reports “Sweden’s top virologist has a message on how to defeat coronavirus: Open schools and no masks”
The coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the worlds deadliest. But in the past six weeks, Sweden has seen a remarkable turnaround, convincing health officials that its light-touch approach is working. By a per-capita basis, the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the world’s deadliest—worse than the United States, France, or…
Huffington Post reports “Canadian Teen’s Short Film Hauntingly Captures How A Pandemic Loop Feels”
Soul-crushing daily routine has become the norm during these months of pandemic isolation, and a Toronto-area teen has managed to capture the feelings of that endless loop in just three minutes. Liv McNeil, a 15-year-old student at Etobicoke School of the Arts, has astonished many with her short film called “Numb.” https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/ontario-teen-numb-short-film-liv-mcneil_ca_5eecd230c5b6d71ac27ff017
Fox News reports “Ingraham: What they’re not telling you”
We must move beyond the hyperbole and focus on what the latest science tells us. #FoxNews #IngrahamAngle
Journal of Paedratics and Child Health reports “Do facemasks protect against COVID‐19?”
Indeed, experiments have shown that surgical and cotton masks do not trap the SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) virus, which can be detected on the outer surface of the masks for up to 7 days. Thus, a pre‐symptomatic or mildly infected person wearing a facemask for hours without changing it and without washing hands every time they touched the…
The Local reports “200,000 would need to wear face masks to stop one new infection: Norway health agency”
Norway’s health authorities have doubled down on their recommendation for those without symptoms not to wear face masks, arguing that the number of infections in Norway was now so low that they were unnecessary. In a memo, published in English on its website, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said that even in the best case,…
Reuters reports “Reopening schools in Denmark did not worsen outbreak, data shows”
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Sending children back to schools and day care centres in Denmark, the first country in Europe to do so, did not lead to an increase in coronavirus infections, according to official data, confirming similar findings from Finland on Thursday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-denmark-reopening-idUSKBN2341N7
Conservative Review reports “If the panicmongers were consistent, we’d close the schools every flu season”
The reality is that every flu season, many more children die from this common ailment than have from COVID-19. And unlike with COVID-19, where the rare pediatric deaths are among those who have serious conditions, many of the flu deaths occur in perfectly healthy children. According to the CDC, “influenza is dangerous to children,” and during…