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0 pointsnradov5y ago0 comments

There is little or no evidence that children frequently transmit the virus to adults. And even if there was, it wouldn't be ethical to collectively punish all children just to marginally reduce the risk to a minority of vulnerable people.

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Bartkusa5y ago

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-...

> Researchers in South Korea have found that children between the ages of 10 and 19 can transmit Covid-19 within a household just as much as adults, according to new research published in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious Diseases

smoldesu5y ago

So in your eyes, it's more ethical to infect children with a disease that could kill their parents/grandparents than it is to keep them home?

umanwizard5y ago

Yes, it can be, depending on the probability behind that “could”. (Anything could kill anyone, so you need to be more specific)

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