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yellowdogintexas

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51. Day care centers and lower elementary grades are basically petri dishes
Mon May 18, 2020, 10:16 AM
May 2020

younger kids pick up any old virus because their immune systems are not fully developed. The older we get, the more exposured we have, the stronger our resistance and the fewer of these minor virus infections we get. An adult who has not acquired immunity to certain strains of colds, etc will catch everything.

When our daughter was in early school years she seemed to have a cold every other month. As she got older, she brought home fewer and fewer of them. I remember my early school years in the same way; I must have missed half of first grade due to various viral illnesses, and by the time I was in fourth grade I was seldom sick at all.

I managed to escape her infections; her father's immune system is not as strong as mine and he got everything.

I don't share your optimism... Wounded Bear May 2020 #1
One soccer game blew it out of control in two countries. One Dairy Queen could do it to a county. Squinch May 2020 #2
Dq isn't anything like a stadium soccer event unblock May 2020 #12
Schools Are My Biggest Concern ProfessorGAC May 2020 #3
Hopefully the reopenings are mostly thoightful unblock May 2020 #13
Schools are super scary environments. BigmanPigman May 2020 #16
Sounds like your immune system is in bad shape BannonsLiver May 2020 #21
I caught several serious illnesses BigmanPigman May 2020 #44
Day care centers and lower elementary grades are basically petri dishes yellowdogintexas May 2020 #51
I don't know how they will be able to teach this age group BigmanPigman May 2020 #60
It's going to be rough. Igel May 2020 #43
yes. we can only hope that "reopening" is done somewhat sensibly unblock May 2020 #37
We do like our drama, no mistake about that. You may be right about what's coming. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #4
thing is, i'm not sure which is worse. unblock May 2020 #6
I hear ya, and I agree. Which is worse? No idea. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #9
reopening is clearly a mistake, but i don't think it will lead to the obvious disaster some think. waseemazhar10 May 2020 #5
Out here in rural vacationland... 2naSalit May 2020 #7
Wasn't it just yesterday (relatively speaking) Ms. Toad May 2020 #8
+1 Alacritous Crier May 2020 #19
+1, there needs to be a CV19 math area or forum. DU Mathmaticians have been +-3% in predictions uponit7771 May 2020 #23
Yes DBoon May 2020 #27
An eating place near me, sit down, opened on a Friday two Fridays ago. Blue_true May 2020 #10
Rural areas are the fastest-growing areas of infection already NickB79 May 2020 #11
check out Muhlenberg county in KY or Potter county in Texas yellowdogintexas May 2020 #57
Church services are big in red states, people are flocking to bars in Wisconsin... brush May 2020 #14
You think kids are disciplined enough to social distance and wear masks. Mariana May 2020 #18
There you go. brush May 2020 #20
Conservative leaders in red states will misanthrope May 2020 #29
Of course they will try, but many will die. They can't hush... brush May 2020 #39
it is getting pretty scary down here yellowdogintexas May 2020 #52
I've been politically pessimistic for years.... stillcool May 2020 #15
***STILL HORRIBLE !!!*** Relative to federated TTQ our current level is a crime against humanity so uponit7771 May 2020 #17
You're sure to be viciously attacked by resident faux experts but this seems like a reasonable point BannonsLiver May 2020 #22
It's the stable retort for strawman arguments. This doesn't have to "skyrocket" for it to be more .. uponit7771 May 2020 #26
agreed, that's why i led with reopening is a mistake unblock May 2020 #38
The disaster is still more deaths than it should be not skyrocketing infections. uponit7771 May 2020 #41
we're already in the disaster, caused by gross negligence in the federal response. unblock May 2020 #45
Where are your stats? Nt USALiberal May 2020 #53
I tend to agree Yonnie3 May 2020 #24
+1, a flat curve is still bad for death and the economy vs a federated Test/Trace/Quarantine process uponit7771 May 2020 #28
Poorly selected metrics are crap Yonnie3 May 2020 #32
+1, same ... if in a month we're at half infection rate I'll support but there's plenty of evidence uponit7771 May 2020 #33
How on do you reach the conclusion that new cases will decline - Ms. Toad May 2020 #34
I stand corrected Yonnie3 May 2020 #36
Megachurches are going to be a huge problem Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #25
they sure are! In addition to the large congregations, yellowdogintexas May 2020 #54
If most people adhere to the distancing and the masks... kentuck May 2020 #30
Heart disease and cancer step aside. hunter May 2020 #31
that's the really scary scenario, if covid-19 is just the "first" of many nasty pandemics unblock May 2020 #40
You haven't seen things in Tennessee. GaYellowDawg May 2020 #35
Same in Alabama misanthrope May 2020 #42
Churches are a huge vector JCMach1 May 2020 #47
My sister lives in KY just north of Clarksville, and Gov Beshear has told yellowdogintexas May 2020 #56
Church was a key factor in revving up infections JCMach1 May 2020 #46
+1, still that way I'm SK uponit7771 May 2020 #48
South Korea, France, cases in US JCMach1 May 2020 #49
Not my problem, my problem is no health insurance! Brainfodder May 2020 #50
I hope it doesn't, but it will for some. Iggo May 2020 #55
see my reply #45, nearly 90% of the death toll already was an avoidable tragedy unblock May 2020 #58
Reopening is the Trump re-election strategy Johnny2X2X May 2020 #59
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