mr potatohead wrote:
"Kids in my little corner of Texas didn't get the memo either. The theaters are packed...kids at the mall... They act like this won't affect them."
It probably won't "affect" them too badly.
The problem is, it WILL affect those with whom they come into contact.
But... they're kids.
How are you going to make them understand that?
We should seriously change our thinking about youth not being infected as that information is inaccurate:
Some children with coronavirus develop serious illnesses, study findsBabies and preschoolers are at particularly high risk for developing serious symptoms when infected with coronavirus, a new study published online in the journal Pediatrics revealed Wednesday.
Although the percentage of severe cases in children are very small -- nearly 6 percent of the 2,143 cases of children under 18 years old that were reviewed -- those who developed serious illnesses experienced dire respiratory problems.
Researchers examined the cases of children across China that were reported to the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of Feb. 8 in connection with the virus.
A third of the cases tested positive for COVID-19 with laboratory testing, while the other cases are considered suspected patients based on the child’s symptoms, chest X-rays, blood tests and whether the child had been exposed to people with coronavirus.
About half of the children had mild symptoms, such as fever, fatigue, cough, congestion and possibly nausea or diarrhea. More than a third — about 39 percent — became moderately sick, and showed additional symptoms including pneumonia or lung problems revealed in CT scans, without obvious shortness of breath. About 4% had no symptoms at all.
The most severe symptoms existed in a small group of 125 children.
Thirteen of those children were listed in “critical†condition and were on the verge of respiratory or organ failure. The other children were classified as “severe†because they had dire respiratory problems.............
https://www.foxnews.com/health/children-coronavirus-serious-illnesses