Covid-19 is airborne. It has been known since spring 2020. Airborne viruses are dealt with using breathing protection and… efficient ventilation and air filtration.
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The “All about children & Covid” link-page
Here we are trying to put all the important links on children and Covid, be it Long Covid, vaccines, mitigation etc we will put them here.
Heart inflammation among most common long COVID conditions in children
38 studies on Covid and its most common impacts on the health of children and adolescents
British Medical Journal on not protecting children during the pandemic (school mitigation etc)
Blood vessel damage in children
How to improve indoor air quality
https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/how-to-improve-indoor-air-quality/
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masks in schools for everyone over 2, regardless of vaccinations
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/19/us/aap-open-schools-covid/index.html
Neurological risks and damages in children infected by Covid
Your Kid’s School Needs Better Ventilation to Help Keep COVID-19 in Check
New symptoms found in COVID-infected children raise concerns in Hong Kong
Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric health problems, new CDC study finds
Yes. 2 year olds can wear a mask. It isn’t dangerous and the children get used to them really fast.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/aap-mask-recommendations-kids-2-years-covid-vaccine/
The new updated versions of Moderna’s and Pfizer/BioNTech are here and approved. 5 common questions answered.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/omicron-specific-booster-shots-5-questions-answered/
Anyone read up on Covid and transmission/mitigation. knows that the SARS-Cov-2 virus likes to get airborne. 90%+ of transmission is airborne. This makes air quality important when it comes to protect people indoors.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/how-to-improve-indoor-air-quality/
Later variants have mutated enough to not show up on single gene PCR-tests. For testing to function satisfactory PCR-tests now need two gene detection.
British Medical Journal shares the professional opinion on not protecting children in schools etc, and their judgement on the British lack of protection is harsh. UK has a similar approach as Sweden on protection in schools etc.
As often, what your parents gave you in terms of DNA can affect how your life turns out. In this case it is how ill you get from a Covid infection.
Some people doesn’t believe in masks. Maybe because they don’t understand how they work. This article explains this pretty well.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-the-n95-face-mask/