It’s still not clear that children truly acquire COVID\u002D19 less often than adults. With schools and parks closed, children haven’t had many opportunities to become infected
and daycares, by September, arguing the months of isolation are affecting the mental, emotional and developmental health of children, particularly the ones most vulnerable even before the pandemic hit.
As the experts debate how to open schools safely, parents are struggling with their own agonizing dilemma: Do I send my child back? How do you make an informed decision when the evidence keeps shifting beneath your feet? In Canada as of July 21, children ages 19 and under accounted for 7.6 per cent of confirmed COVID-19 infections. But it’s still not clear that children, particularly young ones, truly acquire COVID-19 less often than adults. With schools, playgrounds and water parks padlocked, there hasn’t been many opportunities for children to become infected.
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