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To me, in the absence of data, we should default to using best-guess models and not just throw up our hands and say "whatever, nobody knows for sure, just keep

To me, in the absence of data, we should default to using best-guess models and not just throw up our hands and say "whatever, nobody knows for sure, just keep on keepin' on". Anyone who has children knows that pretty much any disease rips through schools. If COVID-19 were to eventually be proven to not transmit between children in meaningful numbers, it'd be a huge irregularity. But so many people treat this "no proof of transmission" situation as "proof of no transmission".

henrikschroder 6y ago
> Anyone who has children knows that pretty much any disease rips through schools. If COVID-19 were to eventually be proven to not transmit between children in meaningful numbers If? We already know that it doesn't. Yes, other viruses rip through schools rapidly, but this virus simply doesn't. Your gut feeling is wrong. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_schools.html#covid-19-children-adolescents https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-br... "Younger children (<10 years of age) may be less likely to be infected than adolescents. This possibility is supported by contact tracing studies; test positivity data from children, adolescents, and adults; and population screening studies using seroprevalence data. Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and the proportion among those infected experiencing symptoms both generally increase with age."
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