In mid-July, a large study out of South Korea seemed to suggest that children over the age of 10 spread coronavirus even more than adults do; this update to the same study clarifies otherwise:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/health/older-children-and-the-coronavirus-a-new-wrinkle-in-the-debate.html …
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Replying to @susandominus
The NYT should be commended for rectifying their incorrect claims about children transmitting more
#COVID19 than adults. Though, some serious upfront fact checking would have been even better. I also doubt the correction will reach a tenth of the audience the initial paper did.13 replies 84 retweets 365 likes -
Replying to @BallouxFrancois @susandominus
I hope some scientists will give up citing this paper to support their preconceived opinions about children. This nyt article sadly created a lot of social media traction but it was clear from the start this study was never designed to answer the infectiousness question.
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This study, and the rushed, sensational reporting around it, more that almost any other, single-handedly caused so many schools who were equipped and ready to shut down and parents to keep kids home, in my observation. Correction will reach almost nobody and damage is done.
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Replying to @zeynep @mugecevik and
Didn’t info about the importance of ventilation become widely discussed around the same time? Or maybe slightly later. But the ventilation issue is one of the biggest concerns among NYC public schools, at least from what I’ve read.
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Replying to @nikkicolumbus @mugecevik and
Dunno. I heard so many parents raise that study. I literally heard it from a scared kid "I heard 10 year-olds transmit more than adults" I swear. But I wrote this because ventilation wasn't being discussed. NYC has very low community transmission rate atm.https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ …
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Replying to @zeynep @mugecevik and
Oh yes I read this, of course! You really brought people’s attention to the issue
thank you. But concerns about ventilation and not mandating masks on young children is why I’m hesitating on preschool, despite low transmission rates.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @nikkicolumbus @mugecevik and
Good luck deciding! My concern is that many schools that were ready to offer the option & parents who had felt comfortable (low-transmission; low-risk family; lots of precautions) were denied even the option to consider because school abruptly closed after this media rush.
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Replying to @zeynep @nikkicolumbus and
Otherwise, obviously, not all schools should open; not all kids should go. But in many places, the alternative has been haphazard childcare (more risky). I'm seeing this where I'm living now; parents are scrambling and sending kids to much-less regulated/less safe childcare.
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Replying to @zeynep @nikkicolumbus and
On the other side, are the schools that were refining their virtual teaching offerings early in the summer only to suddenly flip to pushing traditional school—even in areas where cases are rising—after political pressure was applied.
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Agree. Instead of evidence-driven, careful decision-making that prioritizes kids who'd otherwise be in haphazard, less-safe childcare, we have a polarized response driven by fear or pressure. There is no answer that fits all schools; all kids; all ages; all communities
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