Originally Posted by Shaman

Today my family just learned that its newest member died yesterday. She was 1.5 weeks old. She was born at 1.5 lbs 5 months prematurely to an intubated mother with COVID-19. The stress on her mother's body caused her to go into premature labor and she likely is unaware that her child has passed. So while you doubt the veracity of data being provided by research scientist in favor of what you've chosen to believe, this disease is having real consequences for real people. They're not statistics they're real people that mean something to someone.

The folks who dedicate their time and efforts to finding methods to mitigate the effects of this disease shouldn't have to contend with "guy who has "researched" @#$% on the internet" as SMEs. But here we are, thanks internet.