Actually — we know that kids are NOT showing up in the data for deaths.
We also know that the kids are vastly underpresented in the data for infections.
Of course, if they have really mild cases, they might not get tested, and wouldn’t show up. So we do NOT know how many kids are actually getting the disease.
We also have very little information about ANY of the community spread, much less information that kids are known carriers, or that they spread it around excellently.
For example, it is presumed that the primary spread is through coughing and sneezing, because the virus would be in the lungs; once airborne, it can hit people and attach to them, or get on hands, and you can pick it up for a while through handshakes, and spread it on your face. There is SOME opinion that it can be aerosolised, but there is not much evidence of spread that way yet.
If the spread is primarily through coughing and sneezing, and the kids get no symptoms, they would NOT be “excellent” at spreading the disease, because it would be in their bodies, but not coming out because they are not coughing or sneezing.
I have been watching carefully for signs that kids from households that have parents are now spreading it to other adults, but have not seen it yet. If you find it, link it, because that would be useful information.
Charles:
I have seen a few cases where whole families were infected together, but it is tough to sort out who infected who.
One of the Princess ships had a lot of kids on it that were infected...
Actually there was a paper on the cv thread that indicated kids were just as likely to GET the infection, and shed virus, but WAY less likely to actually become really ill.
It’s also spread via feces and urine.
So avoid public restrooms...the low flow toilets aerosolize it and spread it that way.
See SARS and ‘Amoy Gardens’ for info on how that works...One infected person managed to infect a whole apartment block/wing via misplumbed potties and a ‘fart plume’.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926390 (for THIS coronavirus)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16696450 (for SARS transmission via ‘airborne fecal matter’) (if you can smell it, it can infect you)
Just ‘washing your hands’ doesn’t keep you from getting it. Healthcare people in level 3 suits still get it.
I’d be willing to bet if you tested every NJT bus driver right now a significant percentage of them would be positive. Ditto MTA bus drivers.
I posted this a while back, takes about children spreading Covid19 (From Japan)
“Among them, regarding Hokkaido, “it is thought that there are many tourists from China and it is thought that those people spread the infection”, and given the situation where infected people are scattered throughout the province, considering the population ratio According to the report, the number of infected cases is overwhelmingly large in remote areas.
In addition, people with mild symptoms are thought to play an important role in spreading infection in Hokkaido without noticing, especially among young people, the rate of severe disease is very low and the situation of infection spread is not visible As a result, it is believed that many middle-aged and elderly people are infected as a result.
And about of the infected people, about 80% did not infect other people, while in cases where one or more people were infected at a close distance for a certain period of time in a closed indoor space. It has been reported.
Furthermore, in urban areas in Hokkaido, where there are many young generations, people with active social and economic activities are more likely to gather in places where these infection risks are high, and it is said that infection is spreading without realizing it. It is believed that the infection has spread as people move to other parts of Hokkaido.”
https://www.nhk.or.jp/sapporo-news/20200302/7000018570.html
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