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We already know that the virus is harmless to children. No need to grasp at straws to pretend that our collective hysteria was necessary.
by anoncake 6y ago
We already know that the virus is harmless to children. No need to grasp at straws to pretend that our collective hysteria was necessary.
- Tainnor 6y agoWhile kids are less likely to get sick from it (less likely doesn't mean zero cases or even deaths btw), they can sure as hell spread it. There was some research suggesting that they're spreading the virus as much as (or not detectably less than) adults [1]. Yet at the same time, there are also some indications that kids might be less likely to become infected [2]. How that will affect school reopenings is anyone's guess. [1]: https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites/m_cc05/virologie-ccm/dateien_upload/Weitere_Dateien/analysis-of-SARS-CoV-2-viral-load-by-patient-age.pdf https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites... [2]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0962-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0962-9
- anoncake 6y agoLess likely doesn't mean zero cases, but non-zero doesn't mean non-neglible either.
- Tainnor 6y agoIt's still a stretch to say that the virus is "harmless" to children. But that's beside the point. The real point about children is that they can spread the virus just as well, even when they don't get sick - especially since it's also really hard for at least smaller children to keep distance or wear masks.
- anoncake 6y agoAnd cruel, almost as cruel as withholding their education from them and forcing them to social distance.