Should we ban home swimming pools??

Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago to Politics

350 children under the age of five drown in pools each year nationwide. The majority of the deaths occur in June, July and August; most in backyard pools. Among unintentional injuries, drowning is the second leading cause of death to this age group after motor vehicle accidents.

I am betting that is more than the total number of young children who die of Covid this year.

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Posted by 25n56il4 4 years, 4 months ago

We have an Ordinance in our town. Pools must have their own fencing. My pool is in my back yard and my property is completely fenced (6 foot cedar) and I have an inner six foot fence that hides the pool.

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  Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago
  
  That's pretty much standard for most places and yet the drownings still occur. But I don't want to ban home swimming pools anymore than I want to stop having regular school. Life is not without risks and we can't let fear of a lesser risk overcome common sense.
  
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Posted by Doug_Huffman 4 years, 4 months ago

There is an interesting graphical display of child vs. adult death rates at Anthony Watts’ WUWT.

https://i0.wp.com/www.drroyspencer.co...

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  Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago
  
  Can you translate it?
  
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    Posted by Doug_Huffman 4 years, 4 months ago
    
    Translate? First one must understand the difference between cardinality and ordinal numbers; the difference between 1, 2, 3 and first, second, third. In the graph, time is ordinal, with the FIRST datum buried in the hairball, and the last labeled wk22-2020 in the third quadrant, with the data points between sequentially linked by the (curved) line.
    
    The datum are of weekly percent relative deaths compared between child and adult for that week, with relative deaths expressed as percent difference.
    
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      Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago
      
      So what is the takeaway message of the table?
      
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        Posted by Doug_Huffman 4 years, 4 months ago
        
        In a word, if it was so simple then a phase space diagram would not be needed, now would it.
        
        “Nothing difficult is ever easy.”. Dymo-taped reminder on a friend’s Sunbeam Imp racecar(!).
        
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        Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago
        
        In other words, you can't read the chart. I figured.
        
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        Posted by Doug_Huffman 4 years, 4 months ago
        
        Second-hander!
        
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        Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago
        
        Look in the mirror, dude. And you can't read the chart you posted.
        
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Posted by oldtk 4 years, 4 months ago

From two days ago: For children (0-17 years), cumulative COVID-19 hospitalization rates are much lower than cumulative influenza hospitalization rates at comparable time points* during recent influenza seasons.

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