Thread by @Defeat_Trump2

1/ When Trump announced that children are "almost immune" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer profoundly serious physical and neurological harm and they can transmit the disease others.

2/ A study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school re-openings will trigger more outbreaks as older children spread the coronavirus just as much as adults this large study found.

nytimes.com/2020/07/18/hea…

3/ Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

cnn.com/2020/07/30/hea…

4/ Another article debunking the notion that kids don't contract or spread COVID. Don't listen to Trump when he says kids are invulnerable! And don't open schools this fall! And if they do, don't send your children!

medpagetoday.com/infectiousdise…

5/ Whether in children or adults, COVID is a vicious disease. Even those who survive it often suffer serious after effects, sometimes lasting for a lifetime. Why haven't people been talking about this?

newsweek.com/most-recovered…

6/ We have learned that a large percentage of COVID survivors have lasting heart damage. Now British researchers report that many patients recovering from COVID have lingering hearing problems

wb.md/3gkLSxt from @WebMD

7/ Among the most frightening and ominous recent discoveries about the viciousness of COVID is that the virus creates blood clots in almost every organ of infected patients.

whdh.com/news/pathologi…

8/ Here's an example of the disastrous consequences of giving in to Trump's self-serving push to reopen schools as America's COVID pandemic dramatically worsens under Trump's massive failure of leadership.
washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08…

9/ Trump's politically motivated push to reopen schools as America's COVID pandemic becomes increasingly widespread and severe not only puts students at unnecessary and grave risk but also teachers, other school workers and even the students' families.

washingtonpost.com/education/2020…

10/ Even Dr. Birx, a Trump acolyte who historically has downplayed the dangers of America's COVID pandemic, now feels compelled to argue against Trump's dangerous and self-serving push to reopen schools.

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…

11/ Another failed school opening in Georgia. Trump's irresponsible & politically motivated push to reopen schools as COVID spreads like wildfire across the U.S. is only making things worse & putting more lives, including those of children, at risk.
rawstory.com/2020/08/entire…

12/ Yet another cautionary tale against following Trump's reckless, self-serving and politically motivated push to reopen schools as the COVID pandemic continues to worsen and spread in the U.S. This time it's in Mississippi.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08…

13/ As this thread has evolved, it has focused on two areas of grave concern: 1. Trump's self-serving, disastrous push to reopen schools as the U.S. COVID pandemic surges, & 2. Increasing evidence of COVID's horrific long term health consequences.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…