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In reply to the discussion: What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,544 posts)90. Turns out "if the transmissibility of subclinical infections is low" was a big "if"
Study: Kids with COVID but no symptoms play key role in household spread
A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute significantly to household transmission.
The researchers discovered that 10.6% of exposed household contacts developed symptomatic illness within 14 days of exposure to asymptomatic test-positive children, a rate higher than expected.
"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2positive children," the authors wrote.
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The finding is noteworthy, as likely more than 30% of all COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic, and asymptomatic infections are presumed to be benignespecially those in children.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-kids-covid-no-symptoms-play-key-role-household-spread
A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute significantly to household transmission.
The researchers discovered that 10.6% of exposed household contacts developed symptomatic illness within 14 days of exposure to asymptomatic test-positive children, a rate higher than expected.
"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2positive children," the authors wrote.
...
The finding is noteworthy, as likely more than 30% of all COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic, and asymptomatic infections are presumed to be benignespecially those in children.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-kids-covid-no-symptoms-play-key-role-household-spread
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Question how many senior citizens and other aged infirmed people are still alive because kids weren't bringing home....
usaf-vet
Mar 24
#78
It seems pretty obvious: the longer kids aren't learning in school or at home, they further they fall behind.
sop
Mar 24
#6
"The shutdowns in America didn't work because there was never full compliance. Ever."
Hugin
Mar 24
#17
Esactly. The shutdowns were a joke. We should have really shut down, completely for a few weeks and ended the spread.
lindysalsagal
Mar 24
#20
This is the correct response to the article. Remote learning does not directly correlate with self-controlled isolation.
keopeli
Mar 24
#40
I serve on a School Board. COVID had huge impacts on academic success and learning skills
brooklynite
Mar 24
#11
What about the deaths of educators pressured into working during a lethal viral pandemic?
Timeflyer
Mar 24
#12
Extremely little coverage of teacher losses. Tells you how much we don't value our teachers.
lindysalsagal
Mar 24
#21
They should add to the charts the in-school students who got sick and the in-school students who died.
Liberal In Texas
Mar 24
#13
A lot of these "public health and education experts" are people like Ron Desantis and Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
sop
Mar 24
#18
These averages are misleading: There are always students who can just "do the math" with or without teachers
lindysalsagal
Mar 24
#22
You have thick skin to not to be a little freaked by exponential viral spread with overcapacity emergency rooms. nt
Shermann
Mar 24
#26
Public health measures in the pandemic tried to balance competing risks, each unknown.
hay rick
Mar 24
#53
New Zealand had a high rate of spread as well as Singapore even with Draconian mitigation measures.
Yavin4
Mar 24
#69
It seemed obvious and I advocated for just redoing the Covid two years and every educator said that would be wrong.
dutch777
Mar 24
#52
Hmm - "experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid" isn't backed up with much
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 24
#58
And even if children were found to be less likely to become seriously ill, their parents and grandparents
Scrivener7
Mar 24
#63
Turns out "if the transmissibility of subclinical infections is low" was a big "if"
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 27
#90
I'm glad we're learning from the mistakes made during COVID so we're much better prepared when the next
beaglelover
Mar 24
#64
The educational establishment are the ones that consider themselves as the experts
MichMan
Mar 24
#82