Posted to The Age (29/3/20) on 20/3/20 (Comment not published by The Age)
Commenting in “Younger adults are a large percentage of coronavirus hospitalisations in US, Europe, data shows”https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/younger-adults-are-a-large-percentage-of-coronavirus-hospitalisations-in-us-europe-data-shows-20200320-p54c0o.html
Most children are shorter than adults, and the chances they “catch” or inhale the droplets of saliva expel from an infected are slimmer. Even so, the droplets from coughs are propelled forward rather than downward, and therefore the number of droplets fallen is substantially less than direct face-to-face contact at the same height.
After that being said, if an infected child is to “socialise” with other children, the child is likely to infect them. Despite the government and health authority directives not to close school, concerned parents are wise to enforce the social distancing rule by not allowing their children to attend school.
Now that the proof is out that the younger people are just as vulnerable to be infected, we can only hope that universities and colleges will not become clusters of infection.
Thank you for reading.
