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by gpapilion 1990 days ago
I often wondered if there was a mechanical explanation for this originally. Young children are smaller than adults so aren’t getting covid since they can’t get coughed on, similar to glasses helping prevent spread slightly among the nearsighted. However once a kid gets it, the height differences are removed and so kids get it from each other.
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I doubt it, a sneeze is probably heavier than air and would sink so kids would be more prone since they’re closer to the ground and hence would have greater exposure.