 [ Symptoms ] why does my child always seem to have a cold [ Disease ] school children are incredibly good at passing a virus along children naturally exhale more highly concentrated virus droplets than adults do they also exhale them for longer periods of time plus children are very active always in each other is faces and there is a general lack of hygiene    children do not wash their hands they do not cover noses or mouths when they sneeze or cough even more importantly they do not get very sick    which means they continue to spread the virus while they are very contagious