Thread on children, schools and Covid-19.
Based on the current research, there are two points which are worth remembering:
1. Children contract the virus at the same rate as adults.
2. The virus has, and will, spread in schools.
Based on the current research, there are two points which are worth remembering:
1. Children contract the virus at the same rate as adults.
2. The virus has, and will, spread in schools.
This study from China found that “children were as likely to be infected as adults (infection rate 7·4% in children <10 years vs population average of 6·6%).” thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
This study from Switzerland found that “no differences in seroprevalence between children and middle age adults are observed”. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
This study from the UK found that “There is no evidence of differences in the proportions testing positive between the age categories 2 to 19, 20 to 49, 50 to 69 and 70 years and over.”
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This study from Germany notes that “there is little evidence from the present study to support suggestions that children may not be as infectious as adults. “
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Israel has entered a second lockdown. In testimony to the Israeli parliament, Israel’s deputy Director of Public Health Services , Dr. Udi Kliner, said that “schools, not restaurants or gyms, turned out to be the country’s worst mega-infectors.”
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A study from the United States shows that child to child, adult to adult, adult to child, and child to adult transmission does occur.
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In Sweden, “The relatively high rate (of antibodies) in children suggests there may have been significant spread in schools.” sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/h…
In Australia, a school is said to be at the centre of the recent outbreak in Melbourne. abc.net.au/news/2020-07-0…
One of the drivers of the recent lockdown in Leicester was spread in schools. Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, said that “There are a lot of U18s who have tested positive...the safest thing we can do is close the schools”. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m….
Texas has seen 1,300 cases in child care centres since they reopened.
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In Syracuse, "At least 16 children and adults have come down with the coronavirus after it spread from contact at a DeWitt family in-home child care."
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"Victoria's Chief Health Officer has warned that extensive testing in the state is revealing that child-to-child transmission of COVID-19 is "more apparent" than first thought"
amp.9news.com.au/article/a6c62d…
amp.9news.com.au/article/a6c62d…
The evidence is mounting.
"It is believed to have started with a grade six teacher, who is thought to have contracted the virus at a family gathering, and it has spread rapidly to staff and students.
At this stage, 147 cases have been linked to the school."
amp.abc.net.au/article/124522…
At this stage, 147 cases have been linked to the school."
amp.abc.net.au/article/124522…
73 out of 400 kids at a school disco test positive.
Kids over 10 "Have the same risk profile [as adults]"
"They do spread the virus."
"They do spread the virus."
Map of cases in childcare centres in Germany.
Cases in children in Germany have increased by 50% since they reopened schools.
