Coronavirus: Researchers have made more findings, many can breathe

Experts analyzed data from nine million adults under 65 between February and August to compare the risk of severe symptoms from a coronavirus in a household with and without a child, writes BBC.com.

Living with people under the age of 18 has been found to not increase the risk of someone becoming seriously ill or possibly dying from SARS-Cov-2 due to the novel Covid-19 coronavirus. Researchers from the London Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (LSHTM) and the University of Oxford have found that adults living with children of primary school age or younger are not more likely to contract a coronavirus infection or be hospitalized for it.

Additionally, they are 25 percent less likely to die from Covid-19 than those without a child. Scientists believe this may be due to a healthier lifestyle, which characterizes educators of children, according to a previous study, as cited by MTI research.

Adults with high school age children are eight percent more likely to contract a coronavirus infection, but there is no increased risk of being hospitalized. These adults are 27 percent less likely to die from the disease. Presumably healthier than childless children of a similar age.

The yet unpublished study looked at the period between February and August, thus also covering the period when British schools were open and also when, after March 20, they were largely closed with only a few children visiting. the institutions. It also included a summer break, but no longer the restart of schools in September.

Scientists have also considered factors such as smoking, socioeconomic deprivation, ethnicity, and chronic health problems in their work.

Ben Goldacre, director of DataLab at the University of Oxford, said the research team would continue to analyze the data after new restrictions were imposed, which would mean closing many institutions, but the schools would continue to function.