55,000 covid deaths in Canada. That’s 13,750/year. 1-in-2,780 people in Canada per year die of covid (or with covid). Ya, closing schools over this is a really tough decision.
And yes, the ridiculously stupid car accident analogy is fitting to mock you with.
Tough choice: disrupt schooling or have more people die.
"After adjusting, earlier and stricter school ... and workplace closures ... were associated with lower Covid-19 mortality rates." https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-13546-6
"Our results show that having schools closed is effective in reducing the number of new cases." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8660653/
If we close schools forever, less people will die in car accidents on the way to school. Tough choice.
ScoobyDoo thinks this is a fair comparison folks:
Close schools to mitigate the spread of a global pandemic, and
Close schools because so many people die on the way to them
55,000 covid deaths in Canada. That’s 13,750/year. 1-in-2,780 people in Canada per year die of covid (or with covid). Ya, closing schools over this is a really tough decision.
And yes, the ridiculously stupid car accident analogy is fitting to mock you with.
Now she's going to do the numbers for us if the schools were kept open.
Supplied by her folks.