This article is damning. I strongly recommend reading it to the end.
“The Swedish way has yielded little but death and misery. And, this situation has not been honestly portrayed to the Swedish people or to the rest of the world.” time.com/5899432/sweden…
Sweden:
“Only 13% of the elderly residents who died with COVID-19 during the spring received hospital care”
Sweden:
“Policymakers essentially decided to use children and schools as participants in an experiment to see if herd immunity to a deadly disease could be reached”
Sweden:
“Sweden actually recommends against masks everywhere except in places where health care workers are treating COVID-19 patients”
Sweden:
“Sweden never implemented quarantine in society, not even for those returning from travel abroad or family members of those who test positive for COVID-19”
Sweden:
“Swedish officials have misrepresented data in an effort to make the situation seem more under control than it really is”
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(1/8) Contact tracing study from Brunei. Household contacts of symptomatic cases were more likely to be infected than those of asymptomatic cases (14.4% vs. 4.4%). Children and adults were similarly likely to be infected (3.4% children vs. 2.8% adults). wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
(2/8) This study describes the contract tracing which occurred after 19 people who attended a religious gathering in Malaysia (in which a superspreading event occurred) returned to Brunei.
51 cases were identified via contact tracing (plus 1 further case identified separately).
(3/8) A total of 1,755 contacts were traced, of which 381 were persons aged <18 years, and 1,366 were adults. Age was not recorded for 8 contacts.
(1/4) Study of a #COVID19 cluster at a family gathering, in which a 13-year old girl was the index case. Despite being only mildly symptomatic, she likely transmitted the virus to 11 of 19 family members (58%). One person was hospitalised, but recovered. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
(2/4) The index case had been exposed to a large #COVID19 outbreak away from home. After returning home, she was tested with a rapid antigen test (four days after exposure) which was negative. She was asymptomatic at the time of the test, and developed symptoms two days later.
(3/4) Rapid antigen tests are generally less sensitive than a PCR test, meaning that not all infections may be detected.
Anyone who is exposed to a person with #COVID19 should self-isolate for 14 days, even if their test result is negative. It may be a false negative.
1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19 summarising the most recent research.
Summary: further evidence children & adults are equally susceptible & equally likely to transmit; school clusters are increasing; precautions needed in #schools. #edutwitter#kinderen#Schulen#auspol
2. First, a recap, showing the risk associated with schools is largely dependent on community transmission.
If it is low (for example, at a level contact tracing can handle) then schools are low-risk (although precautionary measures are still needed).
(1/4) Study of #SARSCoV2 transmission on a 5-hour flight from Sydney to Perth. There were 11 people considered infectious on board. Eight probable & 3 possible secondary cases resulted from the flight. 27% sat more than 2 rows away, & 64% had window seats. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
(2/4) Two of the secondary cases who sat in window seats never left their seat during the flight. This, and the fact that 27% of secondary cases sat more than 2 rows away from index cases suggests aerosol transmission may have occurred.
(3/4) Index cases didn’t seem equally infectious, and transmission was only detected in the mid cabin. No secondary cases were detected in passengers sitting in the aft cabin, despite infectious passengers being in this area. This raises the possibility of a superspreading event.
(1/7) Study of #COVID19 in US children. 277,285 cases were reported between 1 March and 19 September. Incidence higher in adolescents compared to young children (although more adolescents were tested). 1.2% were hospitalised (0.1% ICU), and 0.02% died. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…
(2/7) The overall average weekly incidence was as follows:
Ages 5-11 years:
19 cases per 100,000 persons
Ages 12-17 years:
37 cases per 100,000 persons
However, more older children were tested than younger children.
(3/7) Overall, adolescents were more likely to test positive than younger children, but this was not the case in all regions.
In some regions, there was no difference in the proportion of younger and older children testing positive.