NYT: How kids get sick even in quarantine

[Anonymous]

Turns out, you don't have to ever go out to get sick.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/parenting/virus-kids-sick-quarantine-infection.html?surface=home-living-vi&fellback=false&req_id=363519411&algo=identity&imp_id=187632147&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage

Many infections come from within
If you’re wondering how your kid can get sick while isolating, keep in mind that many infections are caused by germs that naturally live inside our bodies and sometimes end up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“For whatever reason, these organisms can reach the back of the throat, they can get into the bloodstream, they can enter breaks in your skin and you can become infected, even if you’re not around others,” Dr. Maldonado said.

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Adults can also shed germs from previous infections and unwittingly make their children sick. Roseola, which commonly infects kids under the age of 2, causing a high fever and a distinctive pink rash, is caused by human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), a virus that can live dormant inside of our cells after we recover from it. The latent virus can then periodically get reactivated, particularly when we’re under stress — like, perhaps, when we find ourselves living through a global pandemic. When this happens, adults can shed the virus and infect their young children; research suggests that many babies actually become infected with roseola via their parents. This same scenario can also occur with coxsackieviruses, which can cause hand, foot and mouth disease, said Dr. Danielle Conley, M.D., a pediatrician in Buffalo, N.Y.

[Anonymous]

True. Also remember that the “stomach bug” can be fecal contamination. Your kid touches poop or his bum and it gets into his mouth.

However, the absence of common colds in our house has been astounding! Not one cold in over three months.