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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Especially terrible since the issue was obvious the moment it came out, even without the further information that has since come out.
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Original article; almost 400,000 shares on Facebook alone. Correction? Not even a thousand shares, yet. It wasn't just the NYT, and how many will not even correct? I don't know how many kids are denied safe schooling and parents now overly-anxious because of the rushed reporting.pic.twitter.com/PCjkxM99Vv
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@apoorva_nyc See? People on here saying how their friends are too scared to even let their kids out the house. Well done.2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
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But as the article points out, this does not change the overall conclusions. Bulk of evidence still says the same thing the paper arrived at (except that older kids probably transmit as much as adults, not more, which is where my article landed)
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And btw Zeynep, don’t write off this article’s reach yet! It’s only been out a short while.
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OK please let us know in a week if it has undone the damage. Let's not write if off.
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There was no “damage”. The article said younger kids transmit less than adults and the ability to transmit seems to increase with age, with high schoolers at much higher levels. Still very much the consensus, btw.
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Indeed. I personally know examples just from my immediate neighborhood. It was a combination of the message plus timing. It changed so many plans.
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