Large, more rigorous, S Korean Study - The New York Times
Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.
nytimes.com/2020/07/18/hea…
Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.
nytimes.com/2020/07/18/hea…
Nearly 65,000 people involved with, if anything, underestimating the number of children who set off the chain of transmission.
I would like to understand more about why young children, but not older, seem to avoid infection from the virus better.
I would like to understand more about why young children, but not older, seem to avoid infection from the virus better.
The construct of the study seems to have been met with more approval than many.
There is also a question mark over whether the fact that some younger children may interact closely with large numbers of people in schools might negate the lower rate of transmission
Awkward.
There is also a question mark over whether the fact that some younger children may interact closely with large numbers of people in schools might negate the lower rate of transmission
Awkward.
The researchers traced the contacts only of children who felt ill, so it’s still unclear how efficiently asymptomatic children spread the virus, said Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Strategy on how to identify transmission and spread needs close attention.
So far it looks as if some countries have reopened schools successfully (eg Denmark, Finland whose infection & death levels were very low) whilst others like China, S Korea and Israel have not.
So far it looks as if some countries have reopened schools successfully (eg Denmark, Finland whose infection & death levels were very low) whilst others like China, S Korea and Israel have not.
Is ideology interfering with strategy and risk assessment?
For sure some states in the USA are. Can’t let science get in the way if reopening (per Pence/Trump).
For sure some states in the USA are. Can’t let science get in the way if reopening (per Pence/Trump).
I’ve now found a link to the study itself.
On reflection I would quite like to see a more refined breakdown of index group children 10-19 yrs, given that the conduct/ social habits of a 10yr old unlikely to be the same as a 14-16 yr old or 17-19 yo.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
On reflection I would quite like to see a more refined breakdown of index group children 10-19 yrs, given that the conduct/ social habits of a 10yr old unlikely to be the same as a 14-16 yr old or 17-19 yo.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
So the differential SAR between the 0 to 9 age group and the 10-19 age group is so marked that I would like both the first and second age group broken down to understand the progression.
children <10y - 5.3%
children 10-20y - 18.6%
Surely progressive?
children <10y - 5.3%
children 10-20y - 18.6%
Surely progressive?
