Near the end of my comment I said my concern was about the risk that asymptomatic children could infect others. I should have said that the worst impact was infecting their primary caregiver who may have significant co-morbidities, especially morbid obesity, which is common in GA. My apologies. I agree with all of the comments that the h…
Near the end of my comment I said my concern was about the risk that asymptomatic children could infect others. I should have said that the worst impact was infecting their primary caregiver who may have significant co-morbidities, especially morbid obesity, which is common in GA. My apologies. I agree with all of the comments that the health of children was not significantly impacted by getting COVID. I also agree that there were negative consequences of social isolation and decreased educational attainment with school closure. But GA lost many caretakers to COVID. Many of Georgia's children became orphans. What is the impact on a child if they lose their mother and/or father? Hospitalization and death from COVID occurred due to many factors. One was asymptomatic transmission of the virus to people with significant co-morbidities. There are tradeoffs with any policy. Part of our decisions is based on probability of the incidence and severity of the disease for that local environment and our value system, i.e. what do we prioritize?
Near the end of my comment I said my concern was about the risk that asymptomatic children could infect others. I should have said that the worst impact was infecting their primary caregiver who may have significant co-morbidities, especially morbid obesity, which is common in GA. My apologies. I agree with all of the comments that the health of children was not significantly impacted by getting COVID. I also agree that there were negative consequences of social isolation and decreased educational attainment with school closure. But GA lost many caretakers to COVID. Many of Georgia's children became orphans. What is the impact on a child if they lose their mother and/or father? Hospitalization and death from COVID occurred due to many factors. One was asymptomatic transmission of the virus to people with significant co-morbidities. There are tradeoffs with any policy. Part of our decisions is based on probability of the incidence and severity of the disease for that local environment and our value system, i.e. what do we prioritize?