Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) / CDC, Tiny Fox Lab

The use of face masks, social distancing, handwashing and hygiene have been shown to substantially reduce the spread of Covid-19. Crowded indoor spaces are settings that significantly increase the risk of community spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 frequently occurs from asymptomatic people, including children and young adults, to family members and others.

Children of all ages can be infected with SARS-CoV-2. While infection is less common in children than in adults, serious short-term and long-term consequences of Covid-19 are increasingly described in children and young people.

The pandemic will be controlled when a large proportion of a population has developed immunity (referred to as herd immunity) and that the safest path to herd immunity is through deployment of rigorously evaluated, effective vaccines that have been approved by regulatory agencies.

In contrast, encouraging herd immunity through unchecked community transmission is not a safe public health strategy. In fact, this approach would do the opposite, causing a significant increase in preventable cases, suffering and deaths, especially among vulnerable populations, such as older individuals and essential workers. – Tiny Fox Lab

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Source: https://medicine.stanford.edu/news/current-news/standard-news/open-letter-from-stanford-doctors.html