Martin Kulldorff

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 …

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.

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