Covid is a respiratory illness primarily, not transferred through cuts?

[TingeOfTheGinge]

Having a minor disagreement at the moment with somebody who is adamant that children with any open wounds are great risk of catching COVID-19.

AIBU To say that's rubbish? The main method of transmission is respiratory, or through touching contaminated surfaces and then touching your own mouth/nose isn't it?

I've searched and searched and can't find evidence to back up her claim that wounds are somehow a huge risk. Kids get cuts and scrapes all the time, and none of the schools or any evidence I have found mentions it being a risk.

Coronavirus transmission requires droplet of saliva or mucus. Coronavirus has to attach to its specific receptor on the surface of a susceptible host cell to start an infection. Eyes,nose,mouth are such sites

Whilst Any skin breach,cut,or abrasion is a potential entry point for germs it’s not indicated in covid

Have they mixed up extra precautions that first aiders are taking with the cuts getting infected?

Do they perhaps mean that children with cuts/wounds would have to be in close proximity to a first aider who may give them covid if they have it? So they're at increased risk due to proximity rather than the cut itself?

Or do they mean serious wounds requiring hospital treatment, stitches, etc. and not bumps and scrapes? I had an operation during lockdown and had to shield until recovered as the consultant told me that my resources would be too busy with healing me to also take on covid and the risk of serious complications, including death, was 25% if i contracted covid during the recovery period I didn't see any paperwork on this so I can't verify it but it was added to my consent form as a potential risk.

Postoperatively in hospital yes there’s an increased risk as it’s a vulnerable time for acquired illness/infection

Healthy people in community, no cuts etc aren’t a significant issue

Sorry for not replying! Every time I checked this there were no replies, I guess it must've been a dodgy internet connection not updating the app.

So it's a child with eczema and someone insisting that if the skin is broken- which can happen at the touch of a feather- that they're at far greater risk of catching COVID through the wounds. I can't see (or find any research) to suggest that wounds are a risk. Obviously it can affect your general immune levels, but surely it isn't an actual method through which you can catch the virus itself?