[akiddoc]

I've mentioned here that I changed jobs about a month ago. I'm now working in inner city Oakland. The area is mostly Hispanic, very recent immigrants. Many indigenous people from Latin America, many of whom speak Mam, the Mayan language. The parents work predominantly in housekeeping, the food industry and construction. Many of these families are sharing houses and apartments. Since I started there, I've personally had to follow up on 30 children with positive Covid tests. It's really rampant in that zip code. I don't know if the county has the resources to track these cases. I do know in speaking to these families that most of the parents are also infected. It's hard to tell whether transmission is primarily from parents to children or the other way around. Kids in these apartment complexes are playing with kids from many other families. The parents are working in close quarters with many other people. My impression is that infection travels both ways pretty easily. These are also families with somewhat limited understanding of infectious disease transmission. Most have had limited exposure to western medicine. 

Even though we are seeing a lot of cases, absolutely none of these kids have been very sick, in keeping with the general trend of this illness.

[akiddoc]

I've mentioned here that I changed jobs about a month ago. I'm now working in inner city Oakland. The area is mostly Hispanic, very recent immigrants. Many indigenous people from Latin America, many of whom speak Mam, the Mayan language. The parents work predominantly in housekeeping, the food industry and construction. Many of these families are sharing houses and apartments. Since I started there, I've personally had to follow up on 30 children with positive Covid tests. It's really rampant in that zip code. I don't know if the county has the resources to track these cases. I do know in speaking to these families that most of the parents are also infected. It's hard to tell whether transmission is primarily from parents to children or the other way around. Kids in these apartment complexes are playing with kids from many other families. The parents are working in close quarters with many other people. My impression is that infection travels both ways pretty easily. These are also families with somewhat limited understanding of infectious disease transmission. Most have had limited exposure to western medicine. 

Even though we are seeing a lot of cases, absolutely none of these kids have been very sick, in keeping with the general trend of this illness.