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Jennie Lucas's avatar

Every word of this is brilliant! Thank you so much for spreading this word, please continue to do so! What does scare me is the "why did this happen" and "what can we do to prevent it from happening the next time". I have been sending my son's college regular emails for over a year, often citing examples from Scandinavian countries - pleading with them, if whole COUNTRIES can do things differently, why can't you? Thanks again.

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Ted T.'s avatar

Like me, many readers will have certainly already understood that the school closures were not just unnecessary, but also harmful and even cruel. But it's wonderful that you've made such a compelling case for protecting kids everywhere.

It was also great to get a glimpse of your personal history and family life. And especially to let readers see that countries like Denmark are truly worth scrutinizing for the systems they use to ensure a high quality of life for ordinary people. Not just for covid, but for a whole lot of everyday things.

My only small critique is the reference to vaxes clearly reducing severity of covid in elderly people. This is not how it's working out statistically for this age group in many countries, for example Switzerland. And when you take into consideration all-cause deaths and likely adverse events among the elderly, the benefits of vaxing and boosting anybody really don't look impressive.

Still, as you aptly mention, all these things will be for future researchers to study deeply, in order to draw some hopefully definitive conclusions down the road.

Thanks much, Dr. Høeg, for an excellent piece and a fascinating read.

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