Two uses of "science" in everyday parlance. There is (1) a method of investigation of natural phenomena, and (2) a religion. Typically "science shows" something, it's second type. More socially acceptable in bougie circles to claim science than to say "I have a superstition".https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1289104607428345857 …
Here is my usage: -Sweden never closed day-care/primary schools, with zero COVID19 deaths among 1.8 million children ages 1-15. So, less risk than annual flu. -Children greatly benefit from school. I am sure that you, an epidemiologist, agree with both. https://folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf …
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Keep digging that hole. You are firmly in (2). Constantly flogging one gray lit report, not acknowledging the unknowns for morbidity, not acknowledging many other variables that are not parallel for the U.S. with implications for community spread.
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Hi Tarek: Great with your interest in epidemiology. If you want to learn more, I recommend prof Sunetra Gupta at Oxford University. She is one of the best infectious disease epidemiologists in the world. Read her papers, or here is an interview:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAJuo20Uyf8 …
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Kids don't die of COVID-19 (by and large). Kids die from influenza (regularly, esp 0–5). So it's not a v. interesting comparison. The reason to close schools has nothing to do w/kids, TBH. Whether or not to close schools is debatable, but it's good to have the right context.
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Teacher safety is another argument used against
#OpenSchools. We can use same counterfactual/ref. With schools open, compared to other professions, the COVID19 RR was 0.9 (95% CI 0.7-1.1) for day-care and 1.1 (95% CI 0.9-1.3) for primary school teachers. Sample size 260K. 1/4 - Show replies
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Any facts on deaths among school staff? I'm sure you, a person that has been to school, agree that kids can't teach, clean or administer a school themselves.
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Yes, and glad you are curious. See this post. Only data on teachers, but likely similar for other school staff.https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1289300599851360257 …
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