[serf]

The statement "There is no way to prevent this sort of transmission" while linking CDC data that shows changes in the trend of transmission over time are at odds to me.

There are most definitely ways to reduce spread.

>The focus should be on finding a cure, not changing social norms or shaming people.

There is no cure yet, thus changing habits and social norms is our only chance at reducing this problem outside experts who are working on the problem directly.

I don't know whether or not labeling parents as villains has anything to do with what needs to be done to label and reduce spread; but I dare say that the attitude of "Nothing to be done, let's give up due to the fact that the virus is prevalent." is in fact the dangerous opinion for society at large.

>... and you need to be downvoted.

The call to arms for down-voting a comment you disagree is a tactic that I personally feel is cheap and a disgusting misuse of the karma/discourse system that is in place.

[bryanrasmussen]

syntactically speaking reduce spread is statistical while prevent transmission is individual. There is no preventing transmission with 100% surety no matter how careful and good of a parent you are, so saying bad parenting might be a bit much.

I totally agree that too many people are downvoting just because they don't like what someone has to say even though what was said falls within general parameters of acceptable social discourse, or even worse when the downvoted has the temerity to disagree with the downvoter.

So I guess I'll go upvote to fix the karmic scales.