Keeping children out of school could increase the risk that they would infect older people, who are far more vulnerable to the virus, according to one health official.
The University of Washington announced Friday it was moving all instruction online for the next two weeks, keeping more than 50,000 students out of classrooms as the death toll from COVID-19 continued to rise.
Keeping children out of school could increase the risk that they would infect older people, who are far more vulnerable to the virus, said Patty Hayes, Seattle and King County public health director, at a news conference Friday.“When we close a school, children have to go somewhere,” she said. “So if you think about families, who often are the caregivers? It might be grandma, grandpa and elderly members of the family, the exact people that we’re concerned about.
It’s unclear what role children might play in transmitting the new coronavirus. Experts said it is now clear that their rate of serious illness is far lower than it is for adults. “I don’t see the benefit in waiting until that happens, and then reacting,” he wrote. “There comes a point where the best way to deal with the mounting variables is to begin to take control of the situation when and where we can.”
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