This is - and I do not say this lightly - dangerous misinformation comparable to the bullshit peddled by Trump, maybe moreso because Biden is perceived as honest and abiding by science. See sources below.
e.g. https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n383
Covid-19: More young children are being infected in Israel and Italy, emerging data suggest

Experts have warned that schools must be reopened with caution, amid emerging evidence from Israel and Italy that more young children are being infected with new variants of covid-19. Paediatricians...

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n383
e.g. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus/
Exclusive: Kids catch and spread coronavirus half as much as adults, Iceland study confirms

Big decisions around COVID-19 and children have been heavy on politics and short on science. New large-scale studies are changing that.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/we-now-know-how-much-children-spread-coronavirus/
e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/health/covid-children-inflammatory-syndrome.html
Covid-Linked Syndrome in Children Is Growing and Cases Are More Severe

The condition, which usually emerges several weeks after infection, is still rare, but can be dangerous. “A higher percentage of them are really critically ill,” one doctor said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/health/covid-children-inflammatory-syndrome.html
Watch the full clip. Biden tells her "kids don't get Covid very often, it's unusual," and that "you're not likely to be .... able to spread it to mommy and daddy" or vice versa. This is all completely untrue, esp with the UK variant rioting through the US. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/16/children-coronavirus-vaccine-joe-biden-town-hall-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/joe-biden-town-hall/
Joe Biden reassures 8-year-old about Covid-19 during CNN town hall: 'Don't be scared' - CNN Video

When asked about children receiving a coronavirus vaccine, President Joe Biden reassured an 8-year-old about her low risk of contracting and spreading Covid-19 during CNN's presidential town hall.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/16/children-coronavirus-vaccine-joe-biden-town-hall-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/joe-biden-town-hall/
In case you were wondering, this is the prevailing sentiment on here about Biden and CNN dangerously misleading worried parents around the country, as they push to reopen schools.

I guess we're done with pedantic fact-checking. https://twitter.com/funder/status/1361865682854555649
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