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It may also be that they have a lot more close contacts at school than most adults at their workplace. Children usually have 30 in their class and often classes
by threatripper 6y ago
It may also be that they have a lot more close contacts at school than most adults at their workplace. Children usually have 30 in their class and often classes are mixed which potentially gives them >100 close contacts during a normal school week. Many adults have only a handful of close contacts at their workplace.
Add in the network effects of crosslinking different social circles (school, family, workplace) by children and adults then you get good conditions to spread disease.
- Smaug123 6y agoIt need not even be the children spreading it! Teacher standing at the front of a classroom, speaking loudly and clearly and spitting all over the entire class: how do you distinguish between that and "one child spread it to their entire class"?
- dtech 6y agoIn the study they use onset of symptoms to derive who got infected first and spread