Covid-19

[Lloyd Braun]

When I identify fake news I have a source. Got one?

Sure. Here is the original article from what I saw.

Here is a fact checking article on that article which really doesn’t do a great job of fact checking, they could have gone much further but it’s a decent start.

There have been other articles people have linked from “Global Research” which are basically conspiracy theorists and anti-science. A google search of their website should return a nice yield in why that website is not valid.

I could go on but there are some posts in this forum that sum up nicely why it’s garbage fake news.

[Lloyd Braun]

Here is hard data on PCR accuracy. Nearly all of the tests tested are at 100% specificity.

Scroll down and click on “molecular” and you will see the data. We have way more false negatives in this world than false positives. The false positives we do have are usually old infections.

[boozehound]

Sure. Here is the original article from what I saw.

Here is a fact checking article on that article which really doesn’t do a great job of fact checking, they could have gone much further but it’s a decent start.

There have been other articles people have linked from “Global Research” which are basically conspiracy theorists and anti-science. A google search of their website should return a nice yield in why that website is not valid.

I could go on but there are some posts in this forum that sum up nicely why it’s garbage fake news.

That seems pretty thorough.

[boozehound]

Yeah, it’s great info and is makes total sense. I pass this along to anyone who will listen. Wouldn’t it be nice if the news reported on stuff like this, instead of fear-mongering? They literally could be saving lives.

Because fear and sensationalism generates more engagement than balanced, factual reporting.

[paulxu]

In case you live in Missouri, and have children this is your governor's plan...I guess you'll have to quarantine away from them or something. Pretty confusing. Not sure what you do when they come home with the virus:

“These kids have got to get back to school,” Parson told Cox. “They’re at the lowest risk possible. And if they do get COVID-19, which they will — and they will when they go to school — they’re not going to the hospitals. They’re not going to have to sit in doctor’s offices. They’re going to go home and they’re going to get over it.”

[xu82]

In case you live in Missouri, and have children this is your governor's plan...I guess you'll have to quarantine away from them or something. Pretty confusing. Not sure what you do when they come home with the virus:

My grandmother lived with us off and on when I was a kid. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. Great plan......

[Lloyd Braun]

We should truly invest in an unemployment plan for this. The amount invested will pay for itself several times over, protect the economy, and protect our schools. Give everyone who works 2 weeks paid unemployment to something comparable to a short term disability rate. This is good for 2 weeks (maybe 3?) per employee and dependents/child. We will be seeing working parents sending their sick kids to school and infecting someone else because they cannot afford to take off work. The child may just have nasal congestion and slight cough, which I have sent my children to school with in years past. Why haven’t we heard of any program like this? It makes too much sense to not consider it. It’s a large cost but at this point we need to be proactive and not reactive.

[D-West & PO-Z]

In case you live in Missouri, and have children this is your governor's plan...I guess you'll have to quarantine away from them or something. Pretty confusing. Not sure what you do when they come home with the virus:

Great plan.

[Juice]

What do you guys propose then if you don't want to send your kids back to school? or for those who can't stay home with their kids and have no childcare options? Because not sending kids to school will hurt kids in ways besides just being exposed to a virus with a .02 mortality rate. Kids are suffering in their learning/education, their physical health, and their mental health.

Most of the science shows that kids are unlikely to pass this to each other or to adults. Something like 30 kids at most have died from this in all of the United States.

Europe has opened schools. We cannot just lock down and hope this all passes us by. It's impossible.

[bleedXblue]

What do you guys propose then if you don't want to send your kids back to school? or for those who can't stay home with their kids and have no childcare options? Because not sending kids to school will hurt kids in ways besides just being exposed to a virus with a .02 mortality rate. Kids are suffering in their learning/education, their physical health, and their mental health.

Most of the science shows that kids are unlikely to pass this to each other or to adults. Something like 30 kids at most have died from this in all of the United States.

Europe has opened schools. We cannot just lock down and hope this all passes us by. It's impossible.

The kids need to go back. Its not a coincidence that most educators are liberal.