15 & 16 year olds though are ALL aware...
@1goodtern: "Do you know anyone who's been affected by it afterwards?"
15/16 year old: "Everyone, man... Everyone."
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Me: "Do you know anyone who's been affected by it afterwards?"
Him: "Everyone, man... Everyone.
Lad with trendy hair: "It's a virus that keeps going round, but it doesn't just make you ill when you've got it, it can f.. lt can mess you up afterwards."
"..just out of interest, I've been asking other age groups this, do you all knowwhat Covid is?"
<lots of nods> "Can anyone tell me what Covid is?" Hands go up. I point at one.
I was doing an assembly for 450 fifteen and sixteen year olds, and Iintroduced myself, and said, "people here often ask me why I wear my mask, and the answer is that l'm trying to reduce my risk of catching and spreading covid.."