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I'd be worried creating a viral reservoir in schools even if the adult population were completely vaccinated. It'd be an excellent environment for the virus to

I'd be worried creating a viral reservoir in schools even if the adult population were completely vaccinated. It'd be an excellent environment for the virus to mutate and become endemic.

ch4s3 6y ago
As far as we know young children don’t spread COVID. There aren’t any confirmed cases of children under ten spreading it to other people. It’s super odd, but that’s what the evidence suggests at this point.
- scoopertrooper 6y ago
  The latest evidence indicates that young children are about half as likely to get infected and half as likely to spread the virus. That's great, but the Covid-19 is incredibly contagious, so it can still spread like wildfire in children. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-kn...
  - ch4s3 6y ago
    That article states that the risk starts to increase between 10-12 tears of age and between the ages 10 and 15 children are half as infectious as adults. I doesn't really dig into details about children under 10.
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birken 6y ago
I'm not a virus expert, but my understanding is this type of virus is very unlikely to mutate in a way where the vaccine will not work against it, and it is going to become endemic regardless of what we do. So I don't think either of those concerns would merit not opening schools.
- scoopertrooper 6y ago
  Covid-19 is a new disease that requires continued study before we can make definitive statements about its evolutionary possibility frontier. Having said that, we currently have extremely effective vaccines (far more effective than our flu vaccines), so we have an excellent chance of nipping this thing in the bud before it becomes endemic if we act swiftly. It'll probably be at least a year before enough vaccine is produced that low-risk groups like children become eligible, so modified education in one form or another will have to continue till that point. This doesn't mean they can't go to school, but things like pods, wearing of PPE, social distancing, and other such things will need to continue till herd immunity can be achieved through vaccination.
  - loopz 6y ago
    You'd need to vaccinate most of 7B people, and this sickness is low priority in most places due to more pressing concerns, once vulnerable groups are protected.

I'd be worried creating a viral reservoir in schools even if the adult population were completely vaccinated. It'd be an excellent environment for the virus to mutate and become endemic.

ch4s3 6y ago

As far as we know young children don’t spread COVID. There aren’t any confirmed cases of children under ten spreading it to other people. It’s super odd, but that’s what the evidence suggests at this point.

scoopertrooper 6y ago
The latest evidence indicates that young children are about half as likely to get infected and half as likely to spread the virus. That's great, but the Covid-19 is incredibly contagious, so it can still spread like wildfire in children. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-kn...
- ch4s3 6y ago
  That article states that the risk starts to increase between 10-12 tears of age and between the ages 10 and 15 children are half as infectious as adults. I doesn't really dig into details about children under 10.
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birken 6y ago

I'm not a virus expert, but my understanding is this type of virus is very unlikely to mutate in a way where the vaccine will not work against it, and it is going to become endemic regardless of what we do. So I don't think either of those concerns would merit not opening schools.

scoopertrooper 6y ago
Covid-19 is a new disease that requires continued study before we can make definitive statements about its evolutionary possibility frontier. Having said that, we currently have extremely effective vaccines (far more effective than our flu vaccines), so we have an excellent chance of nipping this thing in the bud before it becomes endemic if we act swiftly. It'll probably be at least a year before enough vaccine is produced that low-risk groups like children become eligible, so modified education in one form or another will have to continue till that point. This doesn't mean they can't go to school, but things like pods, wearing of PPE, social distancing, and other such things will need to continue till herd immunity can be achieved through vaccination.
- loopz 6y ago
  You'd need to vaccinate most of 7B people, and this sickness is low priority in most places due to more pressing concerns, once vulnerable groups are protected.