Re:Flu has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic
by ch4s3 on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:11AM
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> Except when they do
There's no evidence to support the idea that children under 12 are a much risk of spreading COVID-19. According to the CDC which is notoriously conservative, "in-person learning in schools has not been associated with substantial community transmission". According to the NYT [1], NYC school reopening did not drive spread. Here's another [2] look a children 9 and under in Israel showing both low infection rates and low spread in Israeli schools.
We also know that basically no children die of COVID-19. But we do know that for small children being isolated at home is terrible for their mental health and educational futures.
There's no evidence to support the idea that children under 12 are a much risk of spreading COVID-19. According to the CDC which is notoriously conservative, "in-person learning in schools has not been associated with substantial community transmission". According to the NYT [1], NYC school reopening did not drive spread. Here's another [2] look a children 9 and under in Israel showing both low infection rates and low spread in Israeli schools.
We also know that basically no children die of COVID-19. But we do know that for small children being isolated at home is terrible for their mental health and educational futures.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/world/nyc-schools-covid-t...
[2]https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...