[simplyinfinity]

A virologist mentioned that kids up until 19 basically don't get sick from this virus, something like 0.2%, and even if they do its not as hard on them as on adult in their 40ies or older. So indeed very counter productive

[NobodyNada]

0.2% is the mortality rate up to 19, not the risk of getting sick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019#Morta...). The disease can be serious even if it's not fatal, and children can easily spread the virus to their families. It's even possible for someone to become infected and spread the virus without showing any symptoms at all.

[saadshamim]

They still carry it. And can in turn infect their parents

[jmartinpetersen]

Do you mean that they do not catch the virus or that they do not have any severe symptoms but can still transmit?

[bonzini]

He means the former, but it's actually the latter.

[usaar333]

Isn't it both? Kids get it less often then adults, if they do they have a lower mortality rate (0% in fact for kids < 12), and don't seem to transmit it significantly to adults. (it's adults infecting them)

source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situati...

[undreren]

Kids are much worse vectors for the spread of the disease, so this is absolutely NOT a good argument.

[shostack]

If they can still carry and spread it, and may show very few symptoms (if any), that can be quite dangerous.