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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Useful overview of delta and kids from WP:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/07/22/covid-delta-variant-children/

Basically worry about it as much as you do the flu, and masking indoors is good.[/quote]

Let’s not bring flu comparisons into the discussion, it makes you sound like Trump.[/quote]

Read the article, which makes the flu comparison.  [/quote]

Just some quotes from the article:

Yes, the delta is 50% more transmissible....
"The virus’s ability to spread quickly is especially worrisome because “only half of the children who are eligible are vaccinated,” said Jennifer Lighter, pediatric infectious-disease specialist at New York University Langone Health. “That’s pitiful.” Covid-19 and the flu in children have “the same kind of morbidity,” she said"
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"One bit of reassurance: Anecdotally, it looks like the illness caused by the delta variant is no more severe than that caused by the other variants so far, said Allison Bartlett, a pediatric infectious-disease specialist with University of Chicago Medicine."

Everyone who can get vaxxed, should.

Masks outdoor?
"“Kids playing outdoors together at a playground is reasonable without masks now, even if they’re not vaccinated,” she said. “But when crowds get bigger or move indoors, masking by everyone is important to keep kids safe.”"

See grandparents who are vaccinated?
"For fully vaccinated grandparents, the risk of infection is “very, very low,” he said, adding, “Personally, my kids are both vaccinated, but if they weren’t, I wouldn’t hesitate to have them around their fully vaccinated grandparents.” [from an infectious disease specialist]

Unvaccinated kids should mask indoors.

[b]"Should I keep my kids out of stores and other indoor places?[/b]
During this phase of the pandemic, O’Leary said, approach the idea of taking unvaccinated children to indoor public places the same way you do during flu season. “In general, for a kid under 12, the risk for them is not the same as influenza, but it’s in the ballpark,” he said. “So the same decisions you’d make during flu season, this is similar.”"

[b]"How does this affect a return to school? Should I be worried about sending my children back in person?[/b]
“It makes sense to have layered mitigation measures but to have kids in school,” O’Leary said. “We absolutely want kids in school.”

The benefits of in-person school, she and other experts say, outweighs the risks of getting the virus. But schools must keep safety measures in place. “Kids are just missing too much school, and that needs to shift now,” Lighter said. “Not being in school caused a lot of unnecessary harm.”

For the vast majority of kids, Bartlett said, “there was less engagement in learning, less social emotional development, no physical therapy, occupational therapy … meals. And having friends and support systems. All those nonacademic components are essential and outweigh the risk of a covid infection if we’re doing everything to minimize the risk.”"

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Thank you for posting this; this is really helpful.[/quote]

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