Ethan Phillips Rnd

Children and Coronavirus Ethan Phillips Rnd

If ??u are a parent, hearing ?b?ut a fr?ght?n?ng disease like the n?v?l ??r?n?v?ru? (COVID-19) m?k?ng its w?? ??r??? th? gl?b? is b?und t? ??t ??ur n?rv?? on edge. W? kn?w th?t children ?r? b?????ll? g?rm factories-they ???m to catch ?v?r?th?ng g??ng around ?n th? community. And we also kn?w that children ??n g?t sicker than most gr?wn-u?? (f?r ?x?m?l?, with th? ?????n?l flu). Aft?r ?ll, th??r immune ???t?m ?? ?t?ll developing. The g??d n?w? ?? th?t while th?r? is r????n to b? concerned, and certainly ?v?r? r????n t? t?k? smart precautions, COVID-19 ???m? to generally ?r?du?? l??? ??v?r? ??m?t?m? in ?h?ldr?n th?n the ?ld?r portion of th? population. The American A??d?m? ?f P?d??tr??? (AAP) n?t?? th?t while COVID-19 is contagious, ?t d??? n?t seem that children are ?t h?gh?r r??k. H?w?v?r, while children ?r? n?t typically m?n?f??t?ng severe ??m?t?m? from COVID-19, th?? ?r? ?t?ll ??nt?g??u? and ?bl? t? spread the disease t? ?th?r?. (S?m? r????r?h in ?r?gr??? h?? f?und that about 25% ?f ?nf??t??n? ?r? caused wh?n people are pre-symptomatic.) Still, b???u?? th?r? ?? ?t?ll ?? mu?h w? d?n't know-and the ??tu?t??n ?n th? ground with COVID-19 ?? ??n?t?ntl? ?v?lv?ng-??r?nt? n??d t? b? ?ur? t? t?k? necessary ?r???ut??n?, l??t?n t? their d??t?r? ?nd l???l h??lth departments, and ?t?? u? t? d?t? on the l?t??t CDC r???mm?nd?t??n? for ?h?ldr?n ?nd families.