evidence: The evidence so far suggests that children are less vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus, but they can still be infected. Why does the virus seem to affect children differently? There is much debate about the credibility of a recent tweet by entrepreneur Elon Musk suggesting children are "essentially immune" to the coronavirus. So far, the narrative has been that while the coronavirus may cause severe, or even fatal, disease in the elderly, the outcomes for children are reassuring. [...] Yes. Just as with adults, children exposed to the coronavirus can be infected with it and display signs of Covid-19. "At the beginning of the pandemic, it was thought that children are not getting infected with the coronavirus, but now it is clear that the amount of infection in children is the same as in adults," explains Andrew Pollard, professor of paediatric infection and immunity at the University of Oxford. "It’s just that when they do get the infection they get much milder symptoms."