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Igel
(35,359 posts)then children would account for an even larger percentage.
You need an "all things being equal" qualifier in there, but there can't be one. The only way to get one would be to go to children as a percentage of the unvaccinated (and toss in the occasional breakthrough infection). They're probably still underrepresented, but first you have to have the right sample for determining what "proper representation" is.
It's like early in the pandemic of the unvaccinated (when that included you and me) those most at risk weren't kids but the older and those with certain conditions. That *was* closer representative, since there were no vaccinated. All that's left is to account for frequency of contacts and likelihood of transmission. There's no good reason to think that the risks have changed in some disproportionate way.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)in schools where they mingle with each other (and many schools don't have mask mandates). So it's not a great surprise.
tblue37
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(65,490 posts)RockCreek
(739 posts)How many kids are asymptomatic or being sent to school with "allergies" or " just a stomach ache"?
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)Three of our grandkids have tested positive so far, and only one had symptoms. Just a runny nose and sore throat.
The good things is none of the parents or grandparents caught it from them. We're all vaxxed.
At my wife's elementary school (about 350 students), they've had 7 cases so far this school year. She's had no students in her classes who've had it. It's gone better than I would have guessed considering masks aren't required. She says about 10% of kids wear them.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,368 posts)2-12: 2.8%. All older age groups: 1.2% or below.#
That's a statistical result from the Office of National Statistics, rather than just those who decide to take a test for their own reasons.