A 9 year old died from #Covid_19 yesterday in Florida. A 5 year old died from Covid-19 in Dallas today. A major component in the low death rate we saw in children had to do with our policy to limit children exposure, by closing schools.
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Replying to @Theresa_Chapple
Not true. Sweden never closed day-care and primary schools during the pandemic, with zero COVID19 deaths among 1.8 million kids ages 1-15. The major concern with
#OpenSchools is plummeting vaccinations rates during lockdown, risking e.g. measles outbreaks. https://folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf …6 replies 0 retweets 29 likes -
Replying to @MartinKulldorff @Theresa_Chapple
Its not comparable, Sweeden never had a major population center hit. they closed their high schools and colleges too. And their grade school class size is much smaller than in America.
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We are similar in more ways than people think, and we'll save lives if we learn from the successes and failures of others.
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