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Originally Posted by Monticore
Kids risk of kids being infected is the same as anybody else, they might not get as ill but cans till spread it to their parents or grand parents who could be in a high risk category, losing a grandparent would bad for mental health .
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No it isn't.
Data right now suggests that their body is fighting this off at MUCH higher rates. And if they are exposed but the virus never 'takes root' then they aren't going to be infected and thus aren't going to spread it either because they aren't expectorating it.
Yes, if it takes hold in their system and they remain asymptomatic, they can spread it just the same. But right now the information suggests that its simply being beaten back at the gates at far higher rates among younger populations so their risks of spread are far lower.
And again - if you go see your grandparents during this, you're an idiot. Why is there some automatic assumption that parents/teenagers are just hell-bent on seeing their elderly family members right now? My daughter badly wants to go see grandpa danny down at the lake but y'know what? Sorry kid - can't do that right now. Because your dad likes his dad and isn't an idiot.
Again - somewhere between zero risk and playing ookie-mouth with every old person you see is a reasonable compromise.