Teach a 5-year-old what a virus is - Page 2

dann · 13th April 2021, 05:51 AM

Today the German skeptics write about a TV show for kids that was attacked by covidiots because it told children to mask up, keep a distance and wash their hands to keep the virus at bay while demonstrating how rapid SARS-CoV-2 test kits work:

Wegen Coronatest-Anleitung: Augsburger Puppenkiste im Visier von Corona-Leugnern (GWUP, Die Skeptiker, April 13, 2021)

My only objection is that they should have put the virus behind airtight glass instead of in a cage and told children about aerosol transmission.
Hand-washing may still be a good idea for children, who tend to touch each other more than adults do.

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The Great Zaganza · 13th April 2021, 06:14 AM

explain how an mRNA vaccine works to a 5-year old:

https://m.xkcd.com/2425/

dann · 13th April 2021, 07:32 AM

I think I would have a harder time explaining the Star Wars analogy than the mRNA vaccines!

Roboramma · 24th April 2021, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by dann

I think I would have a harder time explaining the Star Wars analogy than the mRNA vaccines!

I think so too, but if they read the comic themselves they'll probably get it.

lomiller · 26th April 2021, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

explain how an mRNA vaccine works to a 5-year old:

https://m.xkcd.com/2425/

Intelligent design in action...

"Yup, your body reads the mRNA, makes the proteins then has an immune reaction to them"

"Why would your body have an immune reaction to something it made itself?"

dann · 3rd May 2021, 10:38 PM

This one's not about teaching 5-year-olds what a virus is. It's about explaining face masks to 3-year-olds:

Quote:

They’re not allowed...How’s that for freedom. And from personal experience with my 3yo the real challenge is not that kids will be scared but they will ask why everyone doesn’t wear them, once you explain why some do.

Quote:

Kitchen staff in a Swedish school not allowed to #WearAMask at work!
Reason: “It would scare the children and the teachers”

Sarah Rosenberg on Twitter (May 3, 2021)

Out of the mouth of babes ...

Lupus · 31st May 2021, 09:32 AM

This is what they are teaching 5 year-olds in "woke" Dalton School in NYC.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-graders.html

MarkCorrigan · 31st May 2021, 09:53 AM

Daily fail? Got a better source? One that isn't noted for repeatedly lying that is.

dann · 4th June 2021, 11:34 PM

Fox News is probably not any better - and they love the story:

Quote:

Children are reportedly taught lessons about 'consent,' and 'touching themselves' for pleasure
(...)
"Parents are paying $50,000 a year to send their kids to this school and yet they were afraid to speak on the record," he said. "They had to speak anonymously for fear of retaliation."
(...)
"I’m paying $50,000 to these a–holes to tell my kid not to let her grandfather hug her when he sees her?" one mom told The Post.
Parents of NYC elite prep school fuming over sex-ed classes for 1st graders (Fox News, June 2, 2021)

I wonder if the story about the grandfather not being allowed to hug the granddaughter might have something to do with SARS-CoV-2, but it doesn't even seem to be true. It is about consent, and I tend to agree that children shouldn't be forced to hug grandparents if they don't want to.

I suppose there are plenty of schools that can teach their children that touching themselves makes Jesus and Mike Pence cry. The Fox article is accompanied by a video where the author of the book Woke, Inc. explains how those unfortunate privileged parents live in fear of retaliation. I am surprised that he doesn't also object to the cartoon tiger wearing a face mask outside the school, but I guess that to Fox viewers the picture is worth 1,000 words.

mgidm86 · 13th July 2021, 07:09 PM

I wouldn't bother explaining it to a 5 year old, much less Trump.

shemp · 8th August 2021, 01:02 PM

This is what you should be teaching the kid: Viruses are a hoax!

dann · 11th August 2021, 05:08 AM

The irony! Led by notorious germaphobe, West Wing braces for coronavirus (CNN, March 3, 2020)

dann · 25th December 2021, 02:16 AM

See Trump shut down Covid-19 vaccine skeptic (CNN, Dec 24, 2021)

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It's time for others with the mental skills of 5-year-olds to own up. Tucker Carlson, for instance, should tell his viewers that he's had the booster shot.

13th April 2021, 06:14 AM	#42
The Great Zaganza Maledictorian Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 17,688	explain how an mRNA vaccine works to a 5-year old: https://m.xkcd.com/2425/
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13th April 2021, 07:32 AM	#43
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16,372	I think I would have a harder time explaining the Star Wars analogy than the mRNA vaccines!
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24th April 2021, 01:29 AM	#44
Roboramma Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shanghai Posts: 15,060	Originally Posted by dann I think I would have a harder time explaining the Star Wars analogy than the mRNA vaccines! I think so too, but if they read the comic themselves they'll probably get it.
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26th April 2021, 12:57 PM	#45
lomiller Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 12,350	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza explain how an mRNA vaccine works to a 5-year old: https://m.xkcd.com/2425/ Intelligent design in action... "Yup, your body reads the mRNA, makes the proteins then has an immune reaction to them" "Why would your body have an immune reaction to something it made itself?"
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3rd May 2021, 10:38 PM	#46
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16,372	This one's not about teaching 5-year-olds what a virus is. It's about explaining face masks to 3-year-olds: Quote: They’re not allowed...How’s that for freedom. And from personal experience with my 3yo the real challenge is not that kids will be scared but they will ask why everyone doesn’t wear them, once you explain why some do. Quote: Kitchen staff in a Swedish school not allowed to #WearAMask at work! Reason: “It would scare the children and the teachers” Sarah Rosenberg on Twitter (May 3, 2021) Out of the mouth of babes ...
	__________________ /dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx

31st May 2021, 09:32 AM	#47
Lupus Scholar Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 98	This is what they are teaching 5 year-olds in "woke" Dalton School in NYC. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-graders.html
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31st May 2021, 09:53 AM	#48
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4th June 2021, 11:34 PM	#49
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16,372	Fox News is probably not any better - and they love the story: Quote: Children are reportedly taught lessons about 'consent,' and 'touching themselves' for pleasure (...) "Parents are paying $50,000 a year to send their kids to this school and yet they were afraid to speak on the record," he said. "They had to speak anonymously for fear of retaliation." (...) "I’m paying $50,000 to these a–holes to tell my kid not to let her grandfather hug her when he sees her?" one mom told The Post. Parents of NYC elite prep school fuming over sex-ed classes for 1st graders (Fox News, June 2, 2021) I wonder if the story about the grandfather not being allowed to hug the granddaughter might have something to do with SARS-CoV-2, but it doesn't even seem to be true. It is about consent, and I tend to agree that children shouldn't be forced to hug grandparents if they don't want to. I suppose there are plenty of schools that can teach their children that touching themselves makes Jesus and Mike Pence cry. The Fox article is accompanied by a video where the author of the book Woke, Inc. explains how those unfortunate privileged parents live in fear of retaliation. I am surprised that he doesn't also object to the cartoon tiger wearing a face mask outside the school, but I guess that to Fox viewers the picture is worth 1,000 words.
	__________________ /dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx Last edited by dann; 4th June 2021 at 11:36 PM.

13th July 2021, 07:09 PM	#50
mgidm86 Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,735	I wouldn't bother explaining it to a 5 year old, much less Trump.
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8th August 2021, 01:02 PM	#51
shemp a flimsy character...perfidious and despised Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: People's Democratic Republic of Planet X Posts: 47,665	This is what you should be teaching the kid: Viruses are a hoax!
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11th August 2021, 05:08 AM	#52
dann Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 16,372	The irony! Led by notorious germaphobe, West Wing braces for coronavirus (CNN, March 3, 2020)
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