<story><title>Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than Work and Paying Bills</title><url>https://www.interest.com/mortgage/pandemic-top-parent-school-vs-mortgage-worries/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>umvi</author><text>&amp;gt;  I am just so confused why some people are acting like kids are a different species when it comes to covid.&lt;p&gt;Well, it&amp;#x27;s not that surprising when you have a disease whose harm factor is a function of your age. The vast majority of covid deaths are the elderly. The tiniest minority of covid deaths are young children. Their ability to spread to adults is their biggest risk factor, not the disease itself.</text></item><item><author>roland35</author><text>Yeah this is definitely not surprising to the least! Even if I was laid off I am more worried about my children having long term health effects (or worse) than missing a few bills, and that is before considering how flexible lenders are claiming to be (I&amp;#x27;ve gotten emails from all my major bills about covid related help they can provide).&lt;p&gt;I am just so confused why some people are acting like kids are a different species when it comes to covid.  Yes they have less effects than adults but some children do go to the hospital and ICU.  And also they can easily spread it to the parents&amp;#x2F;grandparents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_jal</author><text>&amp;gt; Their ability to spread to adults is their biggest risk factor&lt;p&gt;Others have mentioned this, but just for emphasis: you do not know that. Nor does anyone else. Repeating it is irresponsible, and you should stop doing that.&lt;p&gt;There have been a lot of lessons the epidemic can teach us. But one big one is that magical thinking is still accepted as a substitute for reason by a frightening number of people, and that&amp;#x27;s before you get to the outright grifters.</text></comment>
<story><title>Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than Work and Paying Bills</title><url>https://www.interest.com/mortgage/pandemic-top-parent-school-vs-mortgage-worries/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>umvi</author><text>&amp;gt;  I am just so confused why some people are acting like kids are a different species when it comes to covid.&lt;p&gt;Well, it&amp;#x27;s not that surprising when you have a disease whose harm factor is a function of your age. The vast majority of covid deaths are the elderly. The tiniest minority of covid deaths are young children. Their ability to spread to adults is their biggest risk factor, not the disease itself.</text></item><item><author>roland35</author><text>Yeah this is definitely not surprising to the least! Even if I was laid off I am more worried about my children having long term health effects (or worse) than missing a few bills, and that is before considering how flexible lenders are claiming to be (I&amp;#x27;ve gotten emails from all my major bills about covid related help they can provide).&lt;p&gt;I am just so confused why some people are acting like kids are a different species when it comes to covid.  Yes they have less effects than adults but some children do go to the hospital and ICU.  And also they can easily spread it to the parents&amp;#x2F;grandparents.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>buhhh</author><text>Are you confusing harm with death rates? It&amp;#x27;s a novel virus and we still do not know the long term health impacts of it.</text></comment>