We have seen [in a study out of China] that children are being infected in the same distribution as other age groups—they’re just not symptomatic. Unless you were really carefully doing contact tracing, you would miss those kids and might have the impression that kids just aren’t getting infected. It does appear … that kids are getting infected—they just have minimal symptoms. So the good news continues to be that so far no reports have come out saying that kids are getting severe illness in high numbers, but it does appear that kids are getting infected in the same way that other age groups are getting infected.” 1
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We have seen [in a study out of China] that children are being infected in the same distribution as other age groups—they’re just not symptomatic. Unless you were really carefully doing contact tracing, you would miss those kids and might have the impression that kids just aren’t getting infected. It does appear … that kids are getting infected—they just have minimal symptoms. So the good news continues to be that so far no reports have come out saying that kids are getting severe illness in high numbers, but it does appear that kids are getting infected in the same way that other age groups are getting infected.” 1