Corona Virus and Your Children’s Health

Social distancing

The best way of reducing the spread the virus is to stay away from other people. If you are unwell with a cold or cough you must absolutely isolate. But if you don’t have any symptoms you may still be infectious while still in the incubation period which lasts on average 5-10 days. If we all practice social distancing, and ideally social isolation, we can “flatten the curve” – which means we will slow down new infections, so hospitals can take care of the sick and have enough respirators for the critically ill. If we continue to mingle, more people will be infected at once and hospitals are going to run out of beds and respirators and will have to triage whom they can save, as they are now doing in Italy – intensive care beds are given to younger people who have a better chance of survival and older people are left to die.

Should you keep your children at home?…