(UNCANCELED NEWS) – According to figures cited by the American Academy of Pediatrics, among the 46 states that reported, “children were 0.00-0.26 percent of all COVID-19 deaths, and four states reported zero child deaths.”
But you’d never know that from the policies many states have instituted, including remote schooling, mask mandates, sitting six feet apart at lunch, and even quarantining from school.
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Despite being the lowest-risk demographic, in many ways, kids have carried the biggest burden, suffering learning loss, emotional and behavioral issues, and myriad other traumas that will be difficult, if not impossible, to undo.
