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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Jan 28

      The whole truth about kids, schools, and COVID https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/just-open-schools-already/617849/ … A year ago, we had many reasons to think young kids would be most at risk in a respiratory pandemic. Months of data show something close to the opposite. The question is what we do with that information.

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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 28
      Replying to @DKThomp

      There are quite a few issues in this piece. One in particular is that many of the criticisms you raise about studies that are against the main point of the article also apply to all the studies you cite as evidence, but this is not mentioned at all

      3 replies 3 retweets 83 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 28
      Replying to @GidMK @DKThomp

      I mean, the North Carolina study that you cite as evidence is definitely open to a number of these potential biases - if nothing else the contact tracing is poorly defined - but in the piece it is represented as solid evidencepic.twitter.com/XstzZARrxU

      2 replies 0 retweets 36 likes
    4. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Jan 28
      Replying to @GidMK

      I think that's a fair point, and I could have paused to point out that, despite the mounting evidence of lower transmission risk for younger children, some of the papers I mentioned might be subject to the criticisms i levied at the SK/Jerusalem studies ...

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    5. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Jan 28
      Replying to @DKThomp @GidMK

      but while the Duke study, or the Norway study, or the Sweden study might have shared or individual flaws, the main takeaway of the article, which I believe is supportable, is that the preponderance of evidence now points in a clear direction https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/evidence-summary-paediatric-covid-19-literature/ …

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 28
      Replying to @DKThomp

      I don't think that's really true. I know that there are very strong opinions on both sides, but I suspect that you could write the exact same article arguing the opposite position and have just as many studies to back up your points

      5:38 PM - 28 Jan 2021
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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 28
          Replying to @GidMK @DKThomp

          The challenge here is that much of this data is mixed, uncertain, and hard to interpret. Having many studies with the same methodology saying the same thing doesn't necessarily provide any more evidence if they all have the same biases

          2 replies 4 retweets 74 likes
        3. Dominique Heinke is off bird watching or something‏ @Epi_D_Nique Jan 28
          Replying to @GidMK @DKThomp

          Agree. One of the things that makes it difficult to be confident in these studies is that all of the biases would lead to an underestimate of cases transmitted in schools. Routine asymptomatic testing & genetic sequencing could help clear a lot of this up.

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        2. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp Jan 28
          Replying to @GidMK

          can you point me to the highest quality sources for that claim? what I've read in Science, JAMA, and Alasdair Munro's compilation argues rather forcefully for the lower transmission rate of young children https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6514/286 … https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2771180 … https://jamanetwork.com/searchresults?author=Alasdair+P.+S.+Munro&q=Alasdair+P.+S.+Munro …

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Jan 28
          Replying to @DKThomp

          Health Nerd Retweeted Dr Zoë Hyde

          @DrZoeHyde has been compiling quite a bit of this evidence i.e.https://twitter.com/DrZoeHyde/status/1336612124835995648?s=19 …

          Health Nerd added,

          Dr Zoë Hyde @DrZoeHyde
          1. Updated thread on children & #COVID19, summarising recent research. Summary: further evidence children and adults are equally susceptible, and similarly likely to transmit. Schools have been a driver of the second wave in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere. #edutwitter #auspol
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