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Seems a little pedantic or legalistic to argue that kids aren’t functionally immune to covid. Less than 2% of cases in the US have been kids under the age of 18

by cwhiz 6y ago

Seems a little pedantic or legalistic to argue that kids aren’t functionally immune to covid. Less than 2% of cases in the US have been kids under the age of 18. Of the ones that tested positive, less than 10% had symptoms. Three total children have died in the US from complications relating to covid. It’s more dangerous to drive your kid to the park than it is to let your kid play in the park.

paulmd 6y ago
The kids themselves probably won't die from the infection, but they certainly are a near-ideal vector to spread it to other people. One might hypothesize that kids have done pretty well because, you know, schools have been near-uniformly closed, so their "places of employment" have been near-100% remote. I bet the COVID numbers look pretty good for work-from-home tech workers too, that doesn't mean tech workers are "nearly immune" to COVID. It's just a numbers game and if COVID starts to pick up big time then it'll surge through schools. You're spending 8 hours a day in close contact with 8 different sets of 30 students who rotate every hour, plus crowded halls and busses and all that stuff. Then you go home to Grandma and she gets it. It's already happening: https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-reopen-coronavirus-spreads-already-2020-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-reopen-coronavirus-s... > Although kids are less likely to get severe coronavirus cases, mounting evidence suggests they can spread the virus. Most children have the same amount of virus in their upper respiratory tracts as adults do, according to a research letter published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, and children under 5 may have between 10 and 100 times more virus than adults (though this doesn't necessarily mean they spread the virus more efficiently).
- matz1 6y ago
  Grandma may or may not get it, even if she get it doesn't mean she is going to be 100% die. Given her age, any small diseases could kill her.

by cwhiz 6y ago

paulmd 6y ago

The kids themselves probably won't die from the infection, but they certainly are a near-ideal vector to spread it to other people. One might hypothesize that kids have done pretty well because, you know, schools have been near-uniformly closed, so their "places of employment" have been near-100% remote. I bet the COVID numbers look pretty good for work-from-home tech workers too, that doesn't mean tech workers are "nearly immune" to COVID. It's just a numbers game and if COVID starts to pick up big time then it'll surge through schools. You're spending 8 hours a day in close contact with 8 different sets of 30 students who rotate every hour, plus crowded halls and busses and all that stuff. Then you go home to Grandma and she gets it. It's already happening: https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-reopen-coronavirus-spreads-already-2020-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-reopen-coronavirus-s... > Although kids are less likely to get severe coronavirus cases, mounting evidence suggests they can spread the virus. Most children have the same amount of virus in their upper respiratory tracts as adults do, according to a research letter published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, and children under 5 may have between 10 and 100 times more virus than adults (though this doesn't necessarily mean they spread the virus more efficiently).

matz1 6y ago
Grandma may or may not get it, even if she get it doesn't mean she is going to be 100% die. Given her age, any small diseases could kill her.