UK - rising fastest in the under 5s age group - cov 19

[Johnny Vincents Motorbike]

rises across all age groups with the youngest taking the hit.

 

[Oooo]

Not disbelieving you but needs a source to back this up

 

[1finny]

All a bit tricky when you look at ‘rises’
100% increase on very little is ....... still not a lot

Last thing I read was young kids are really low risk but older kids spread and react to the virus like adults.

but, as ever, its all a bit murky

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...re-than-young-children?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[JM14]

Makes reopening schools a very difficult task if its true

 

[bear66]

There was a study in the USA with summer schools / camps that found there was very little risk of transmission from under 11s but teenagers were virtually the same as adults. There was a UK survey (presumably key worker kids at school) that Williamson is saying suggests that there is no issue with kids going back at all, but, I only caught the back end of it on R4 today, the researchers were suggesting he was misusing the data.

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Makes reopening schools a very difficult task if its true

According to the gov' research shows that there is little risk of it spreading in schools. Where and how was this research carried out I wonder?

 

[1finny]

According to the gov' research shows that there is little risk of it spreading in schools. Where and how was this research carried out I wonder?

Probably carried out in the schools when they were empty

 

[Laughing]

There was a study in the USA with summer schools / camps that found there was very little risk of transmission from under 11s but teenagers were virtually the same as adults. There was a UK survey (presumably key worker kids at school) that Williamson is saying suggests that there is no issue with kids going back at all, but, I only caught the back end of it on R4 today, the researchers were suggesting he was misusing the data.

Williamson either deliberately or stupidly misquoted the paper. The findings were as stated above, under 11's don't become infected or spread the virus as much as older children. At about age 11 the spread and infection rates rise to the same as adults, almost.

Junior schools are very likely to be OK re-opening, middle or secondary schools, depending on the tier system in use, not so much.

Some households with vulnerable adults living there will have some hard choices to make.

 

[Alvez_48]

I don't have kids but .. given the tiny risk to them if I did I'd be desperate to get them back to school.
My friends that do all say their kids are suffering mentally.
Imagine not having an education for 7 months plus during the most important time of your development as a human being.

 

[Alvez_48]

highest numbers of new cases for 7 weeks, the daily mail are reporting.

5 weeks ago the pubs re-opened.

now we are 11 days into © 'eat owt - for a - knockout' - thats gonna win the golden gloves of the year award that is.

https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/covid-cases-in-england-arent-rising-heres-why/

Well oxford centre of evidence based medicines flatly disagrees with you

 

[Laughing]

I don't have kids but .. given the tiny risk to them if I did I'd be desperate to get them back to school.
My friends that do all say their kids are suffering mentally.
Imagine not having an education for 7 months plus during the most important time of your development as a human being.

Alvez, what I am saying is if you have a 12 or 13 year old, and their grandparents live at home, the parents have a very difficult choice to make. I am not suggesting we do not open schools. All that said, why have we no real plan in place for this?

 

[Oooo]

yeh its all a matter of weighing the risks. Kids need to go to school but people need to be safe

 

[swordtrombonefish]

According to the gov' research shows that there is little risk of it spreading in schools. Where and how was this research carried out I wonder?

Drivers seat of Cummings 4*4 on his latest trip up North?