https://www.pe.com/2020/07/10/coronavirus-why-kids-arent-the-germbags-and-grownups-are/
For months, we’ve kept children carefully isolated, pleading with
them to behave, wear masks, wipe their boogers and not hug Gram and
Grandpa. We’ve assumed this new virus acts just like the flu and common
cold — so classrooms full of kids would create one giant cootie colony.
But a growing body of research suggests young children aren’t responsible for most viral transmission. Adults are.
Based on these findings, school-based transmission could be a
manageable problem, particularly for elementary school aged-childrenwho
appear to be at the lowest risk of infection, according to a recent commentary in the journal Pediatrics.
it also depends on community prevalence. Up in Canada we're at low prevalence so the chances of a mass outbreak from a couple of snot-nosed kids is low. As long as children are screened daily and the teachers wear PPE there should not be a problem.
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