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RaidenGarai posted...

I don't give a fuck. It's still the death of a child. Try to put yourself in the shoes of those parents who have sick kids now, or the ones that just lost their child. Think about what they're going through right now. They're not sitting there thinking "oh, well the flu kills more kids, so the coronavirus isn't that bad." They're not thinking about how the death rates among children of that age are lower. They're burying their fucking child, and trying to figure out how to navigate the rest of their lives wondering if they could have done something different. That's something they'll be haunted by until the day they die.

No one's saying not to feel sorry for those people, but there's nothing to be gained by reading hyperbolic doomer articles about coronavirus infecting children. I've reached the point where I try to check people on their negative thinking and mindsets that equate cases and deaths equally. Facts matter, and the facts still state that it is very unlikely for infants and children to die from the disease. The numbers still show that the majority of children who test positive for coronavirus have mild symptoms. They can still be carriers, of course, which is the more important issue, and for that reason I'm for lockdowns and remote learning in the Fall.

At this point in the pandemic Americans have to live with a certain amount of acceptance of the situation. It sucks. It's horrible. It's a tragedy and I think our leaders need to be held accountable for it. But at the same time we have to approach the news with a level head and think rationally about this disease and how, as a society, we choose to live with it. If you want to keep reading articles about husbands and wives dying while holding hands and child death than so be it, but those articles exist for clicks, not to provide helpful information about the virus.