Children less likely than adults to get COVID 19

[Jayhawker Soule]

The article states that children transmit the virus less than adults. Adults are far more likely to get the virus from another adult than from their children.

Would you please quote the article?

 

[Polymath257]

That is one of the questions. Another is: What is the nature and extent of the collateral damage resulting from radical economic contraction and social distancing? I don't know the answer, but I suspect that it's not an attractive one. The calculus is daunting, particularly when we're confronted with far too many variables and far to little data.

And, of course, the problem that opening too soon means we will have to close again, further damaging the economy. it is better to close down for three weeks and have a safer re-opening? or to gradually re-open and maybe have to back up? clearly, the worst case is opening fully too soon and having a lot of people dying and ALSO damaging the economy.

 

[Polymath257]

the mask isn't really working....btw

Masks and social distancing *do* work. That is proven by what is going on across the world. But they need to be maintained and having COVID parties and opening up restaurants and bars eliminated the progress we had made.

The US opened up *way* too soon. The consequences of doing so were well reported and ignored. We are paying the price of that stupidity right now.

 

[Shaul]

Would you please quote the article?

FTA: “
according to Dr. William Raszka, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine.

"The younger you are, probably the less likely you are to be able to transmit the disease," he said.”

 

[SkepticThinker]

the mask isn't really working....btw

It seems to work everywhere except the US.

 

[Thief]

Masks and social distancing *do* work. That is proven by what is going on across the world. But they need to be maintained and having COVID parties and opening up restaurants and bars eliminated the progress we had made.

The US opened up *way* too soon. The consequences of doing so were well reported and ignored. We are paying the price of that stupidity right now.

well ....having grown up with a registered nurse in the house

the reality is much more chaotic than the news would have you believe

consider..... a swab sample from your pillow case
is virtually identical to your toilet seat

and most of your body......does NOT share your dna

 

[Thief]

It seems to work everywhere except the US.

and a report of Sweden......
keeping distance is MUCH more effective

 

[Revoltingest]

Well it is only an NBC news article. Actually that fact that the risk to children is less seems to be news to some people.

Speaking as a teacher myself I want as much information as I can get, since schools will reopen whether sooner or later. Knowing children are less prone to getting the virus is of some comfort.

I question whether this is really known, since new
effects of this virus continue to pop up in research.
Israeli Data Show School Openings Were a Disaster That Wiped Out Lockdown Gains

 

[Unveiled Artist]

It seems to work everywhere except the US.

Which is weird because in less we don't have enough or people are choosing not to wear them, it isn't descriminative. Probably factors like population, environment, etc. Why do US gets such a bad rep on this? That's sad. Poor US.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

and a report of Sweden......
keeping distance is MUCH more effective

It's really common sense rather than depending on the divinity of science. The further you're away from the infected, the less change you will be affected.

 

[Thief]

Well it is only an NBC news article. Actually that fact that the risk to children is less seems to be news to some people.

Speaking as a teacher myself I want as much information as I can get, since schools will reopen whether sooner or later. Knowing children are less prone to getting the virus is of some comfort.

yeah but....keep your distance

the little ones might not have a problem with it
but they might be COVERED in it

 

[Polymath257]

well ....having grown up with a registered nurse in the house

the reality is much more chaotic than the news would have you believe

consider..... a swab sample from your pillow case
is virtually identical to your toilet seat

and most of your body......does NOT share your dna

Why do you consider any of this to be relevant?

The best thing to do is to keep social distance. The US has failed in doing that by opening too soon.

The next thing, to prevent transmission, is to wear masks. People in the US object to doing that.

 

[Polymath257]

Which is weird because in less we don't have enough or people are choosing not to wear them, it isn't descriminative. Probably factors like population, environment, etc. Why do US gets such a bad rep on this? That's sad. Poor US.

We also, frankly, have a LOT of pure stupidity on this issue. Beaches, restaurants, bars, and other areas where people congregate opened up way too soon. That produced a thoroughly predictable (and predicted) spike in cases. A lot of people are simply in denial, either thinking it is some sort of conspiracy or finding it a political football, and don't take basic measures because of that (the president isn't helping with that). And then some are actually having COVID parties where people deliberately get infected (and some die).

We have had a massive failure to properly prepare, denial that it is as bad as it is, and rank stupidity as our primary approach to this crisis.

 

[Thief]

The next thing, to prevent transmission, is to wear masks. People in the US object to doing that.

and I work with sooooooooooooomany
that don't want the mask.....don't care the mask

they half *** wear it
they pull it down to speak to one another
or not wear it at all

one day Walmart will turn people away at the door
next day......the doorkeep says nothing

but I agree....the mask is superficial

even though I wear the mask more so.....and more carefully
I understand the limitations
and I might as well be dressed for holloween

 

[SkepticThinker]

and a report of Sweden......
keeping distance is MUCH more effective

Sweden is not doing well.

I really wish people would stop touting Sweden as soon great success story. It isn't.

Keeping distance is effective. Wearing a mask and keeping distance is even more effective.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Which is weird because in less we don't have enough or people are choosing not to wear them, it isn't descriminative. Probably factors like population, environment, etc. Why do US gets such a bad rep on this? That's sad. Poor US.

My comment was kind of a snarky one about how Americans seem to have politicized mask wearing for some bizarre reason.

 

[Thief]

Sweden is not doing well.

I really wish people would stop touting Sweden as soon great success story. It isn't.

Keeping distance is effective. Wearing a mask and keeping distance is even more effective.

hmmmm.....

last I heard....the infection rate was on a downward direction
has there been a recent rise?

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Would you please quote the article?

FTA: “
according to Dr. William Raszka, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine.

"The younger you are, probably the less likely you are to be able to transmit the disease," he said.”

Thanks, but what you claimed was ...

The article states that children transmit the virus less than adults....

In other words, you misrepresented Dr. Raszka's statement. Why would you do such a thing?

 

[Unveiled Artist]

We also, frankly, have a LOT of pure stupidity on this issue. Beaches, restaurants, bars, and other areas where people congregate opened up way too soon. That produced a thoroughly predictable (and predicted) spike in cases. A lot of people are simply in denial, either thinking it is some sort of conspiracy or finding it a political football, and don't take basic measures because of that (the president isn't helping with that). And then some are actually having COVID parties where people deliberately get infected (and some die).

We have had a massive failure to properly prepare, denial that it is as bad as it is, and rank stupidity as our primary approach to this crisis.

I bet if people really thought the virus was that bad they wouldn't go to these things whether open or not. They look more into external valudations for safety (stats, government dictations, media, etc) and not just "does this make sense" in my little bubble type of thing.

 

[SkepticThinker]

hmmmm.....

last I heard....the infection rate was on a downward direction
has there been a recent rise?

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