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The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea is bad news for N.C. Teachers Union
h/t Hot Air[NYT] - In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether and how efficiently children can spread the virus to others. A large new study from South Korea offers an answer: 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. OK. A virus can't count, but can distinguish between single and double digit numbers. :-) The findings suggest that as schools reopen, communities will see clusters of infection take root that include children of all ages, several experts cautioned. "I fear that there has been this sense that kids just won’t get infected or don’t get infected in the same way as adults and that, therefore, they’re almost like a bubbled population," said Michael Osterholm, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Minnesota. Currently in hiding? ...Several studies from Europe and Asia have suggested that young children are less likely to get infected and to spread the virus. But most of those studies were small and flawed, said Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. The new study "is very carefully done, it’s systematic and looks at a very large population," Dr. Jha said. "It’s one of the best studies we’ve had to date on this issue." Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-19 |
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