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*kazumi* · ‎01-05-2020

At first we were told “kids do not get it”, then we were told kids are carriers = keep them away from grandparents, then came kids can go to school. OK kids can get it, but it is not serious, only very few die!!! But some can get something looking like Kawasaki disease; it’s nasty but rare.

I would expect that scientists would be clambering to work out WHY are kids different to adults? My idea would be that it has something to do with the childhood vaccinations they were given, because that is the only difference between kids an adults, and of course older person is, less likely there would be any effect of vaccine left.

*kazumi* · ‎04-05-2020

@cezm wrote:
@imastawka wrote:
I don't know about other schools, but my grandson is doing (high) school on-line at home.

My daughter had to drop in something to the office the other day, and the kids that were at school - all 7 of them - were all distanced in the one room, and doing the same work on-line that grandson was doing at home, on their computers.

No teachers were present. Only the Principal and office staff there, and doing the rounds to make sure the kids were doing ok.

So, doesn't look like any teachers are at risk there.
A niece and nephew of mine are still attending school. As your daughter noted, there are few children, they are all being socially distanced and doing the same work as the other students. There is no face-to-face teaching, just supervision.

Any teachers on site are communicating with (all) children via audio/video

Any staff that felt they were in a high risk category have been able to work from home

And it seems to be working fine, BUT schools did have reduced number of kids early on. My daughter kept my granddaughter home about week before schools officially closed here, and by then there were only handful of kids left. They had to keep distance from each other, were not allowed outside; it was rather sad place to be.

Kids are more protected than adults; they do not go shopping, everybody tries to protect their kids.
I know that in America where whole families were tested children come up positive too, there should be no reason why positive kids would not be infectious.

It's not easy to come to conclusions from all that varied info; but I so not understand why are some pushing so strongly for kids to go back to school. having schools opened for people who have to work is great, but having all the kids there will make it impossible to socially distance.

lyhargr_0 · ‎04-05-2020

@*kazumi* wrote:

@cezm wrote:
@imastawka wrote:
I don't know about other schools, but my grandson is doing (high) school on-line at home.

My daughter had to drop in something to the office the other day, and the kids that were at school - all 7 of them - were all distanced in the one room, and doing the same work on-line that grandson was doing at home, on their computers.

No teachers were present. Only the Principal and office staff there, and doing the rounds to make sure the kids were doing ok.

So, doesn't look like any teachers are at risk there.
A niece and nephew of mine are still attending school. As your daughter noted, there are few children, they are all being socially distanced and doing the same work as the other students. There is no face-to-face teaching, just supervision.

Any teachers on site are communicating with (all) children via audio/video

Any staff that felt they were in a high risk category have been able to work from home
And it seems to be working fine, BUT schools did have reduced number of kids early on. My daughter kept my granddaughter home about week before schools officially closed here, and by then there were only handful of kids left. They had to keep distance from each other, were not allowed outside; it was rather sad place to be.

Kids are more protected than adults; they do not go shopping, everybody tries to protect their kids.
I know that in America where whole families were tested children come up positive too, there should be no reason why positive kids would not be infectious.
It's not easy to come to conclusions from all that varied info; but I so not understand why are some pushing so strongly for kids to go back to school. having schools opened for people who have to work is great, but having all the kids there will make it impossible to socially distance.

Not sure where you do your grocery shopping but last week the supermarkets were full of kids out shopping with their parent/s.

*kazumi* · ‎04-05-2020

@lyhargr_0 wrote:
Not sure where you do your grocery shopping but last week the supermarkets were full of kids out shopping with their parent/s.

Any country that has/had proper lock down only allowed 1 person per family to grocery shop; NO kids on the street at all. That goes for Italy, Spain and China............... Watching American news from NY there was not a single child in the mile long lines for food, be it at food banks or at stores that I could see. Yes, Australia is bit more relaxed, but our numbers of infections are lot lower. That does not mean they could not accelerate exponentially; every country started with low numbers.

lyhargr_0 · ‎04-05-2020

@*kazumi* wrote:
@lyhargr_0 wrote:
Not sure where you do your grocery shopping but last week the supermarkets were full of kids out shopping with their parent/s.
Any country that has/had proper lock down only allowed 1 person per family to grocery shop; NO kids on the street at all. That goes for Italy, Spain and China............... Watching American news from NY there was not a single child in the mile long lines for food, be it at food banks or at stores that I could see. Yes, Australia is bit more relaxed, but our numbers of infections are lot lower. That does not mean they could not accelerate exponentially; every country started with low numbers.

So what do single parents do re their kids if they need to do some grocery shopping? Leave them at home by themselves? or perhaps locked in the car? The kids weren't on the street, they were in the care of their parent ......

*kazumi* · ‎05-05-2020

@lyhargr_0 wrote:
So what do single parents do re their kids if they need to do some grocery shopping? Leave them at home by themselves? or perhaps locked in the car? The kids weren't on the street, they were in the care of their parent ......

Some people have friends to do their shopping, some with older kids let the neighbours know they are going to the shop, and the neighbours keep their eyes on them, while the shoppers might bring back something for the neighbor. During pandemic in NY it would definitely be safer to leave kids in the car than take them to shops. Spain only just now allowed kids out for an hour a day.

But never mind, here is an article from Lancet; kids get infected about the same rate as adults

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laninf/PIIS1473-3099(20)30287-5.pdf