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This piece on #SARSCoV2 viral load in children and adults has been highly influential.
Can you extrapolate from “Data on viral load” that “we have to caution against an unlimited re-opening of schools and kindergartens in the present situation”
I have serious concerns. 1/7
Can you extrapolate from “Data on viral load” that “we have to caution against an unlimited re-opening of schools and kindergartens in the present situation”
I have serious concerns. 1/7
There are two issues: science and politics
On the science
1. There is no methods section about how study population was selected and who they represent
– yes, I know it is a bunch of samples tested in a virology lab - with no denominators about how many samples tested by age 2/7
On the science
1. There is no methods section about how study population was selected and who they represent
– yes, I know it is a bunch of samples tested in a virology lab - with no denominators about how many samples tested by age 2/7
2. The very low number of samples from children already says a lot about selection into the study. There is no information about their clinical characteristics, stage of infection, etc.
And unequal numbers across the groups makes them very difficult to compare, even visually 3/7
And unequal numbers across the groups makes them very difficult to compare, even visually 3/7
