Really nice discussion of children, schools, and community transmission https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/21352597/covid-19-children-infection-transmission-new-studies …pic.twitter.com/9pTWzd4NzM
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What’s your epi interpretation of this data? Kids don’t spread respiratory viruses? Not a hill I’d want to die on. Seems everyone is desperate for your conclusion though.
As an MD you obviously know that children can spread respiratory viruses. So, I do not understand why you are asking the 2nd question. During a pandemic, it is important not to generate misunderstandings/misinformation.
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Don’t think Sweden’s data is being used correctly. Since baseline risk of death in Sweden was 2x my state’s, I’m not reassured with internal comparisons of teachers, day care workers. It’s misleading. It’s not generalizable and is using the wrong control, so no internal validity
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#OpenSchools during the pandemic, we need to utilize the data from the one place that kept schools open during the pandemic. Since teachers had no excess risk, schools/children are not major vectors spreading the disease (unlike influenza). - Show replies
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