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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll go ahead and ask the dumb question - why bother having the adults 6 feet apart if the kids are basically on each other? Adults and kids in the same house are clearly sharing the same germs, so any kid interaction will just be brought home anyway.[/quote]
Nevermind, someone already said it.[/quote]

They're wrong that it doesn't matter, though.

Viral load seems to matter, staggering may be helpful, and probably most importantly--

not everyone who is exposed to the virus contracts it *at all* (for a variety of reasons, most unknown). Remember that study of the people in the restaurant? Lots got it, but some did not, including people closer to the spreader than others.

So it's possible for Larla and her mom to be presymptomatic, but for your kid not to get it from Larla-- yet you get it from her mom. But had you kept a better distance, no one in your household would have gotten it. Maybe that's a 30% chance, but it's better than nothing.

Of course, I wouldn't let my kid be all over another kid right now, but that's the answer-- literally everything matters, or at least has the potential to.

Ugh, we have such inconsistent or nonexistent public health messaging.    [/quote]

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