While some articles and blogs have ridiculed Cornyn for supposedly suggesting that kids couldn't be infected by the virus, Cornyn's communication director Drew Brandewie told CNN the senator "was questioning the degree to which children can catch it and THEN transmit it to others.
He was not questioning whether children can catch it at all."
Brandewie also said that Cornyn was referring to a tweet from the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Scott Gottlieb, who wrote on Thursday that the "data clearly shows [children are] less likely to become infected and less likely to transmit infection."
"But IMHO," Gottlieb continued "we need to have humility on this question and recognize we don't fully understand all the risks; and while kids are less vulnerable, less risk doesn't mean no risk."
Facts First: Cornyn's statement is largely correct.
During a Coronavirus Task Force briefing on Wednesday, CDC Director Robert Redfield said that children who are infected by the virus are unlikely to face significant illness.