Today there's a buzz about children w/ #COVID19 not transmitting to adults. It's wrong.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @bloomberg by @abdroma @DFTBubbles and
economist.com/international/… @TheEconomist
Cases have indeed been documented and kid's viral load is similar
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @bloomberg by @abdroma @DFTBubbles and
economist.com/international/… @TheEconomist
Cases have indeed been documented and kid's viral load is similar
"Uncommon"(@ECDC_EU) yes. Not super-spreaders, yes. Unheard of, no. Many kids are asymptomatic carriers, same viral load as adults.
It would be naive to say it doesn't happen when it is woefully understudied ("Absence of evidence...")+ there is ample evidence
from @TheEconomist
It would be naive to say it doesn't happen when it is woefully understudied ("Absence of evidence...")+ there is ample evidence
from @TheEconomist
The Chinese in-depth contact tracing study @ScienceMagazine in the thread above, that I posted about yesterday, showed that children have reduced ability to transmit, ~70%. That isn't zero, by any means. And it's still very much understudied. science.sciencemag.org/content/early/…
