Martin Kulldorff

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.

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 …

This point only addresses half of the inquiry (the direct effect on kids) while completely ignoring any impacts on the greater population. Kids will spread the disease to parents and others, causing additional flare-ups and deaths outside their age group.