In a typical year, an otherwise healthy preschooler will bring home 12 to 18 upper respiratory infections — at least six to eight colds, two cases of croup and, more often than not, a bout of the flu, among others.
But 2020 is not a typical year. latimes.com/california/sto…
But 2020 is not a typical year. latimes.com/california/sto…
With hundreds of large centers reopening across California, many families are asking: Is preschool safe? Though scientists can still only guess at why, a growing body of evidence suggests preschoolers are uniquely resilient to the novel coronavirus. latimes.com/california/sto… 
Recent studies from the U.S., U.K., Singapore, Australia, among others, suggest they are far less likely to contract and spread the illness than older children, and dramatically less likely to get sick from it than children even slightly older or younger.
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Nationally, just 8.7% of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. were between 2 and 4, while more than 40% were between 12 and 17 and almost 20% were newborns aged less than 3 months, an Aug. 7 study by the CDC showed.
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“California has been really very cautious and very thoughtful,” said Dr. Nava Yeganeh, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at UCLA and a preschool mom. “We are being very strict and trying to mitigate risk as much as possible.” latimes.com/california/sto…
California has instituted some of the most stringent viral containment measures in the country, which is why experts believe many fewer preschoolers have fallen sick here than in Texas or Florida.
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