Jenny Harries: "Children have less severe disease, and they& #39;re certainly not transmitting disease any more than adults do."

Hang on a mo! If they transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults, they are of danger to adults as carriers - even if they themselves will survive ok.

And that means that if they go to school and catch the virus, they can infect:
- Teachers
- Other school staff
- Transport workers (if by public transport)
- Passengers (ditto)
- Their parents and other family members
- People they encounter in other settings, e.g. shops

They may not even realise they& #39;re carrying it if they& #39;re asymptomatic or only very mildly affected. But that doesn& #39;t reduce the danger to everyone else.

On the other hand if they& #39;re homeschooled and not meeting anyone, the danger& #39;s near-zero.

Also worth noting: adults aren& #39;t being crammed 15 to a classroom (minimum, *if* schools have the space and the staff to split classes) for hours on end. So children will have far more opportunities to infect each other in a typical day than the same number of adults would.

And then there& #39;s this official UK Government guidance, which doesn& #39;t really gel with the idea that children can& #39;t be transmitters...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/guidance-for-households-with-grandparents-parents-and-children-living-together-where-someone-is-at-increased-risk-or-has-symptoms-of-coronavirus-cov">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...