I can’t find it right now, but I distinctly remember you posting about BIDA having a similar “kids excluded” policy, I think back when under-5s couldn’t be vaccinated. At the time, you said it was no/low cost, and someone in the comments pointed out that the cost was the entire cost of attending the dance. I didn’t see an explicit revision to your thinking posted. Can you articulate your revised cost-benefit for under 2s, who can’t do basic things like cover a cough or wash their hands after touching their mouth?
I still endorse both posts. The idea is, if the choice is between an event that everyone could in theory attend but doesn’t happen, and an event that only some people can attend but does happen, I’d like to see the latter. In this case, however, the other covid policy choices they’re making (wind instruments with testing, no rapid testing for most attendees) don’t seem consistent with a view that children are too risky to allow.
I can’t find it right now, but I distinctly remember you posting about BIDA having a similar “kids excluded” policy, I think back when under-5s couldn’t be vaccinated. At the time, you said it was no/low cost, and someone in the comments pointed out that the cost was the entire cost of attending the dance. I didn’t see an explicit revision to your thinking posted. Can you articulate your revised cost-benefit for under 2s, who can’t do basic things like cover a cough or wash their hands after touching their mouth?
I linked my earlier post in this one: https://www.jefftk.com/p/vaccine-requirements-age-and-fairness
I still endorse both posts. The idea is, if the choice is between an event that everyone could in theory attend but doesn’t happen, and an event that only some people can attend but does happen, I’d like to see the latter. In this case, however, the other covid policy choices they’re making (wind instruments with testing, no rapid testing for most attendees) don’t seem consistent with a view that children are too risky to allow.