ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: There's a new report out by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They've seen a 13 percent increase in cases just since the beginning of October. They say that's in children. But that's not terribly descriptive. Do we know what's happening? How old these kids are? How severe the condition is?</s>DR. JONATHAN REINER, CNN MEDICAL ANALYST: Well, you know, fortunately, this disease is often or usually tolerated to a much better extent by children. But, remember, what's happened recently? Kids have gone back to school. So that's why we're seeing this dramatic rise. We didn't really know what was going to happen in children because since the beginning of the pandemic, when schools closed in most places in the United States, kids were largely sequestered. But in parts of the United States, where in-person school exists now, we're seeing transmission from child-to-child. We know that children over the age of about 12 transmit the virus to adults probably as efficiently as adults transmit it to adults, maybe a little less for younger children. Most children will do pretty well with this virus. They will transmit it to adults, but a small number, still a tragic number, will not do well. Will either have long-term sequelle (ph) or will sadly die of this virus. This is nothing that we just sort of can let children have. This is not a chicken pox party, which you also shouldn't let kids have.</s>JOH BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: Dr. Reiner, as always, thank you for being with us this morning. We appreciate you expertise. Please stay safe.</s>REINER: My pleasure. You too.</s>BERMAN: Voters in at least two states this morning say they have received e-mails threatening them to vote for Donald Trump or else. Who's behind these? What does it tell us? That's next.
Coronavirus Cases in Children Jump