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Originally Posted by Rochard
Kids will go to school, they will catch this virus, and pass it to their families. It will take one kid in the school and suddenly dozens will be infected. Kids are germ factories to begin with.
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Kids are germ factories normally. But it's the opposite with covid.
More Authoritative sources:
American Academy of Pediatrics
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/20...on-in-schools/
"Policy makers must also consider the mounting evidence regarding COVID-19 in children and adolescents, including the role they may play in transmission of the infection. SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based. Although children and adolescents play a major role in amplifying influenza outbreaks, to date, this does not appear to be the case with SARS-CoV-2"
"the AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school. The importance of inperson learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative
impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020"