Errr...I don't think I contradicted myself, if that's what you meant.
I think I may have explained myself poorly, so let me extrapolate somewhat.
We've had multiple occasions here in Australia where schools have become clusters/hotspots. These might be somewhat informative on this issue, so let me speak specifically to a couple.
Al-Taqwa College became a hotspot of approx. 90, which is huge for us, particularly at the time it happened. There was at least two large scale familial gatherings which flouted restrictions, and as a result COVID was taken to the school. The students who have been infected, and who have spread the virus are almost (maybe completely...not sure) older students, who have basically been almost adult-like in terms of their level of infection, etc. They appeared to be ignoring social distancing entirely, perhaps under some mistaken assumption that they couldn't get sick. Not sure on the last.
Albanvale Primary School was a smaller hotspot (maybe 15 cases) where the initial presentation was a teacher, and then a further two teachers. This is the type of thing I was alluding to in my original post. Parents and other adults gathering at schools have become transmission points in the same way any other large gathering could be. We have in place staggered finishing times, etc, but you get several hundred parents transitioning through an area in a 30 minute span, adult to adult infection seems a risk EVEN IF kids couldn't transmit.
On this hotspot in particular though, there was also evidence of student to student transmission (asymptomatic) and these were obviously younger kids (12 and under).
St Monica's College also had teacher transmission and older student cases (15+ years of age as far as I am aware)
Camberwell Grammar School also had teacher cases, and a single student case (not sure on age)
And Parkwood Green Primary School had a single student case (again under 12)
In summary, my point was as follows;
- Kids seem less likely to get it than adults (but can still get it)
- Schools aren't just gatherings of kids. There are a lot of adults, and by nature there is a transitory element to their interactions which can spread COVID
- 'Kids' being less susceptible is horribly inaccurate. Is a 15 or 16 year old more child-like or adult-like in terms of the virus? Or somewhere in the middle?