Universities' Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason
It&#x27;s interesting how all articles against measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 seem to ignore&#x2F;gloss over:<p>1. What would the statistics be without any measures? We saw what happened... everywhere... That chose to go &quot;herd immunity&quot;.<p>2. Are the two &quot;sides&quot; truly equal? The author says Georgetown is imposing tests, quarantines, etc... Even if you include a more difficult learning experience because of remote learning, is that truly as bad as the side effects of not having those measures? (see #1, Italy early on, Sweden early on, etc... Vs places like NZ and Taiwan) This brings me to:<p>3. Why is it fine because &quot;only 0.001%&quot; of the population died in the past two years? In the US alone there are ~40mm people in the 15-24 age group (conveniently chosen, how many 15-18 year olds are in college versus 24+ year olds?), articles like this always something that boils down to &quot;it&#x27;s fine that ~40k YOUNG ADULTS DIE&quot;. &quot;oh, they are unvaccinated and fat!!&quot;. So what??<p>I get it, it really sucks to be inconvenienced; masks, tests, quarantines are awful; education is going to suffer somewhat... But why is everyone so cavalier about free, young, innocent people dying like that? And not a pleasant death either.<p>Sorry for the rant, stay safe.