What sort of dystopia is this?<p>> Northern Territory police say they don't believe three teenagers who allegedly absconded from Darwin's Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility this morning came into contact with members of the community.<p>> At a COVID update press conference, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner confirmed the teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, tested negative for the virus yesterday.<p>> He said all three were from the Binjari community near Katherine and had been sent into quarantine as close contacts of positive cases.<p>1. Quarantine camps?!<p>2. The teenagers tested negative as recently as yesterday.<p>3. The risk posed by COVID-19 to children aged 5-17 is infinitesimal:<p><i>Why COVID-19 Vaccines Should Not Be Required for All Americans</i> <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/why-covid-19-vaccines-should-not-be-required-for-all-americans" rel="nofollow">https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/why-covid-19-vacci...</a><p>> Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and editor in chief of MedPage Today, argues that mandating vaccines for "every living, walking American" is, as of now, not well-supported by science. ... The risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 in kids ages 5 to 17 is 0.3 per million for the week ending July 24, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We also know that the risk of hospitalization after the second vaccine dose due to myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, is about 50 per million in that same age group.