Sadly, the 8th under 18 years old NJ resident has passed from Covid-19 since this pandemic started (renting, home)

[sonofagunk]

Seems like according to the CDC numbers from:
https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisiona...-Age/9bhg-hcku

a young NJ resident has recently passed from Covid. This child was under 1 years old. At current count, there were residents under 1 that passed:
Aug 2020
Dec 2020
March 2021
April 2021
Dec 2021

There was also a resident between 1-4 years that passed in May 2020, one between 4-15 in November 2021 and one between 15-17 in 2021


blank : 0-17 years
131 : 18-29 years
365 : 30-39 years
915 : 40-49 years
4820 : 50-64 years
5828 : 65-74 years
7228 : 75-84 years
8510 : 85 years and over
27797 Total

CDC doesnt publish numbers that are less than 10. But they also publish a total, which is 27,805

That means that 0-7 has to be 8.

You can look at the rest of the data and see that there are 8 blanks for the sub groups <1, 1-4, 5-14 and 0-17 so that you can see where the deaths actually occur

[Mightyqueen801]

Sad to hear this. My heart goes out to the parents.

[2nd trick op]

So the "uptake vibe" I'm getting from this is that everyone should be forced to submit to mandatory vaccination -- even though side effects have been documented in some cases, and a predisposition toward those side effects might be hereditary.

You cannot choose your ancestors, but many of us can identify individual vulnerabilities (too often, after a tragedy within our own families). But to bureaucrats enjoying the "power trip" of an expanded size, authority, and budget, one size must fit all -- and let the Devil take those who refuse to go along.

Years will have to pass before all the possible negatives from a COVID "crash program" are discovered; we should have recognized this in the wake of the "swine flu snafu" of 1976.

But in the meantime, why should a clique of "public health" bureaucrats (who are going to pursue their own agenda) be designated to play God?

[lancers]

Well said.

[cci1492]

Very sad indeed. Pediatric flu deaths 2017-2018 flu season 188 reported pediatric flu deaths. Parents should never out live their children, very painful.

[roodd279]

Right - sad no matter what - but regular old flu has killed more young people than that, per year, forever.


While this points out some cases are tragic - it ALSO points out that, for young people, it is mainly NOT nearly as serious as a whole bunch of other contagious things that are already out there.


If the goal to stop ALL COVID deaths at any cost - that's not going to happen and it is absolutely unrealistic.


But if it were knocked down to, say, "same as the regular old flu" - then you'd have to live it - same as flu - or else wonder why you never sheltered at home since you've been born.


FYI - pneumonia far deadlier for older people than COVID. COVID is more common - so in numbers, kills more. But once COVID cases drop below those of, say, pneumonia, then ya gotta wonder what the restrictions are for - if they are not ALSO for pneumonia, 20 years ago.

[pclem]

RIP to anyone who has died, but the idea that children are routinely dying of covid, perpetuated by Sotomayor, is patently false. There is NOT ONE healthy child who has died of covid. ZERO deaths WORLDWIDE. The CDC openly admitted recently that the flu is far more dangerous to children than covid is.

You have to remember that a 500-lb 17-year-old with high blood pressure high cholesterol and diabetes is a 'child' for covid statistical purposes. There are millions of children in the world who have severe health problems, congenital defects, etc., and aren't expected to live to adulthood. There are children with severe health problems who are in and out of the hospital many times per year (and all get tested for covid upon entry), or who live in the hospital. If they catch the Omicold on their way out, they are counted as a 'covid death/hospitalization.'

They've been playing with the numbers since the beginning and they're still doing it now.

[TylerJAX]

Are they still sending entire classrooms home because of one positive test? Seems unsustainable from a parenting pov.

[zhelder]

Originally Posted by TylerJAX

Are they still sending entire classrooms home because of one positive test? Seems unsustainable from a parenting pov.

We value the babysitting functions of our schools far more than the educational functions, which is a big part of the problem. The schools should not be tasked as babysitters.

I’m not saying that it isn’t a problem for parents, but the gubment should have some other solutions in place besides just throwing kids and teachers back into a dangerous situation. Turn The Pentagon into a Square and take that money to provide some universal basic income to those who really need it.

[HudsonCoNJ]

Originally Posted by TylerJAX

Are they still sending entire classrooms home because of one positive test? Seems unsustainable from a parenting pov.

In my town just the kid who tests positive has to quarantine and they attend class via zoom.