On America’s catch-22 of reopening schools with rising coronavirus case numbers in several states. “The coronavirus does not generally afflict children severely, but the question is, can they become adorable superspreaders who affect teachers, staff and their families back home?
Early studies out of South Korea suggest yes – children younger than 10 spread the virus with about half the frequency of adults, but kids aged 10-19 spread it at the same rate, which is really not good, although I don’t think any of this should be surprising to anyone.
Like, I’m not a scientist, but of course teenagers can spread coronavirus everywhere. Just look at how they spread rumors. Clearly, if kids go back to school, there’s a good chance the virus is gonna spread even more. Which means Americans have two choices: 1) immediately devote massive resources to helping schools implement safety regimes so that kids can be protected, tested and monitored, or 2) don’t do that.
Several states are barreling toward option two; Governor Mike Parson of Missouri, for example, said kids in his state must return to school because ‘if they do get Covid-19, which they will – and they will when they go to school – they’re not going to the hospitals.’
Parson is not wrong in that kids who contract coronavirus require hospitalization very rarely, but what he seems to be forgetting is that unless all these kids live in Neverland, they go home to adults. Which is not good, because you see, coronavirus is like baby shark – it can’t hurt kids, but it will destroy adults’ lives.
Without the virus under control, schools will turn into an Amazon fulfillment center for coronavirus – it starts in a centralized location, and within a couple of days it’s personally delivered to everyone’s house.” —Trevor Noah
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