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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I completely agree with the covid shutdowns, in order to save the vulnerable, especially the elderly. But it's an observed fact that covid is less risky for children than normal flu. Here's a link to a May 5 analysis.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-07/comparing-coronavirus-deaths-by-age-with-flu-driving-fatalities

Quote: "For children, the risk of dying from Covid-19 appears to be much less than that of dying from influenza and pneumonia even in the most pessimistic of my three scenarios. From age 15 onward the Covid risk is higher, with the relative difference peaking for those in the 45 through 54 age group, whose risk of dying from Covid-19 in my middle scenario is four and a half times higher than their influenza and pneumonia mortality rate in 2018."

Covid is serious, but less so for children. If you have credible data about long term complications, please post it.[/quote]

New poster. Even if children 100 percent ONLY had the mildest of cases and there were no child deaths or serious complications in children, [b]they still would be able to transmit the virus to adults. [/b]

That alone is reason enough to keep schools closed until control of the virus is far, far better. [/quote]

If you're keeping up, this point is being questioned now.  No, schools should not be closed - they should reopen as soon and as regularly as possible.[/quote]

I’ve read those studies and they are junk.  They are based on interviews of people who got sick, and it appears that very few of thrm caught it from kids.  Which is not surprising given that with the shutdowns, kids have had limited exposure and most people getting sick are getting it at work, or from parties.  I happen to know 2 people who got it from their lids when it was spreading in NYC before schools shut down.  There is no scientific reason why kids would not spread it, although they may be less effective spreaders if they are not as sick and have a low viral load.  But studies of adults have shown that even some asymptomatic people can have high viral loads, which may also be true of kids.  They just have not studied it.  [/quote]

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