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The Velveteen Ocelot

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28. The odds might be good that they won't die, but the odds aren't so good
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:57 PM
May 2020

that they won't bring the virus home to their parents and their vulnerable grandparents - not to mention the teachers and staff in the schools. There's a reason most school districts require measles vaccinations (and measles isn't always a minor disease; it killed a lot of kids before a vaccine was developed), and that reason is that diseases spread like crazy because the kids are close together and they're messy. Their noses run, they don't wash their hands, they touch everything. Schools are Petri dishes. If we don't want measles in schools, why are we OK with covid-19? And some of the kids will die, possibly of Kawasaki's syndrome if not the virus itself.

And what of the teachers and other school staff? SoonerPride May 2020 #1
Thank you! I work in a school. Schools are not made for physical distancing. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #2
The petri-dish quality of schools is exactly why The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #4
Besides, kids get cv-19, too, and can suffer terrible consequences & even death. tblue37 May 2020 #11
Yes. Please contact your school board, state legislators, and governor about safety for ALL. OrlandoDem2 May 2020 #14
Living is like playing Russian Roulette with your life every day, Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #15
Noted That On Another Thread ProfessorGAC May 2020 #20
There's a about a 4% chance of death if you are in the older population, Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #27
You Going To Take The Risk? ProfessorGAC May 2020 #47
Does Your Analysis Include... ProfessorGAC May 2020 #48
"Children attended school in the pre vaccine era for over a century." The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #3
True, Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #16
If one of those dead kids was yours, would you still be OK with the fact The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #22
Again Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #38
This new inflammation issue with children who had Covid-19 dawg day May 2020 #5
What about the issue of the kids not getting an education? Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #8
A dead child doesn't get an education either. nt crickets May 2020 #18
Right, children die sometimes Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #21
If your kid died would you feel differently, or The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #23
You can't make decisions for large amounts of people in such a personal way Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #33
Tell that to the parents of a child who died of covid-19 or Kawasaki's syndrome The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #36
I don't think they closed all the schools all over the country Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #39
Ummm ... that's not a classroom. Don't let the orderly rows fool you. eppur_se_muova May 2020 #6
My mother was a nurse in those days. She told us about the iron lungs The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #29
only 2-3% of them would die keithbvadu2 May 2020 #7
And I'm betting he considers himself in the "Right To Life" crowd. n/t Liberal In Texas May 2020 #24
I am astounded at the number of ghouls who publicly announce crickets May 2020 #9
It is not sacrificing children Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #10
What I'm getting from these politicians is that crickets May 2020 #17
Sure, so the kids should just go without an education indefinitely then. Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #19
The odds might be good that they won't die, but the odds aren't so good The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #28
Grandparents pretty much don't have to see the kids in most families Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #31
I'm here proudly and completely bluestarone May 2020 #34
Most families? In many, many families, especially immigrants and low-income people, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #35
Yeah, sometimes Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #43
jfc obamanut2012 May 2020 #25
Now that's a pose straight from some Volk und Vaterland propaganda poster struggle4progress May 2020 #12
some in this thread feel the same way obamanut2012 May 2020 #26
For those who feel that way, I'd ask them whether they'd sacrifice their own kid The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #32
This. This right here. Thank you. crickets May 2020 #40
Yeah, you don't have kids Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #42
What are you saying? crickets May 2020 #45
That lottery has already been happening every day of our lives Zing Zing Zingbah May 2020 #41
So why are we even bothering with doctors or hospitals or medicines at all? The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #46
the small pox vaccine dates to the 1700's dsc May 2020 #13
This vile monster needs to spend some time working at Boston Children's Hospital. GoCubsGo May 2020 #30
Is this the "Again" they were talking about in MAGA? hunter May 2020 #37
This is the pre-vaccine era. Iggo May 2020 #44
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