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[quote=Anonymous]I don't see a thread specifically about concerns about delta in children -- I see comments scattered throughout other threads, but thought it would be useful to put together the things I've seen and read about children (specifically those too young to be vaccinated) and delta.  I'm a parent of a child that is too young to be vaccinated yet, so I have been alternatively alarmed about delta reports and the possibility of school closures.

At any rate, the messages that I see as constant are:
1.  delta is more transmissible.  But it still seems unclear if delta in kids is as transmissible as delta in adults.  
2.  there's no evidence yet that delta is more virulent in children.  It seems like some of the reports about delta being more virulent in adults are also conflicting.  Prior strains of covid have not been very virulent at all in kids.
3.  vaccines offer very good protection against delta, but the &lt;12 are not vaccinated, so they make up a larger share of cases.  
4.  more transmissible means more kids will get it, but so far don't seem to be more likely to get hospitalized once they get it.  Overall numbers of child hospitalization may increase.
5.  all public health experts agree that the risks from covid are very small related to the risks of school closures
6.  kids should wear masks in school to lower transmission
7.  the best protection against delta for unvaxxed kids is for the people around them who can be vaccinated, to be vaccinated

I'm also dividing the articles I've read into individual comments in order to help with potential responses to them and to decrease the length of individual comments.

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