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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by ericmcer on Monday September 27, 2021 @02:54PM (#28674559)
If you have ever lived with a kid it is crazy how often they and you will be sick. I lived with a friend who had an 8 year old a few years ago and went from maybe getting sick once a year to almost monthly minor illnesses. 8 year olds are basically disease factories who take no precautions.
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Re:Lockdown, distance learning likely to increase social cla... by mikem170 on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:09PM (#28675406)
I know what you mean, sometimes it seems that little kids always have a runny nose.

I've assumed it would be a long-term bad thing if we don't allow for this. Perhaps it is better for kids to encounter all these rhinoviruses and coronaviruses when they are young. Maybe a lot of them are like covid-19, easy to fend off when young but deadly when older. Maybe that is why people sometimes die of the common cold, because they never caught that particular virus when young.

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