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Originally Posted by toeser
If some doctors are correct, that COVID-19 is not being passed by asymptomatic people, and since kids rarely have a serious reaction to the disease, there seems little risk to not keeping them apart. Yes, occasionally a kid will have a serious reaction and could even die, but that happens with the flu too and we never close schools for the flu.
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That was ONE doctor who misspoke and misrepresented information from the WHO. It IS being passed by asymptomatic people, however it is very rare that they can FIND asymptomatic people who are passing it because...they are asymptomatic. The only way an asymptomatic carrier of the virus can be discovered to BE a carrier, is if they get tested.
And since they are asymptomatic, it would be a very rare occurrence for them to decide to get tested. Since, they have no symptoms, and therefore don't realize that they have any need to be concerned. So they don't get tested.
That is what the actual facts were conveying when they referred to "rare" with regards to finding asymptomatic carriers. It's rare to find them, because it's rare that they'd think to get tested.