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> there's some evidence they're no good at passing the infection on to others May I ask: What evidence of this did you find convincing? From my own digging it

by zamfi 7y ago

> there's some evidence they're no good at passing the infection on to others May I ask: What evidence of this did you find convincing? From my own digging it seemed like this was a claim from China, which merely indicated that it was rare that, in a family, the child got it first and gave it others. However, when the epidemic really started taking off, it was the middle of CNY and kids weren't in school, which could completely account for why they didn't observe child->adult transmission. I'd love to be wrong about this, though.

nl 7y ago
The China evidence was fairly compelling (they did contact tracing and were unable to find a single case where the child was the transmitter). Schools didn't close in Australia (although many parents kept their children at home). There have been zero cases traced to child transmission, even in a few cases where a teacher or worker at a school got it from another place and brought it to school and those individual schools had to be closed. There was a single cluster based around a school in Sydney but it was found to be parent-to-parent transmission. Singapore didn't close schools during their early phase (until 2 weeks ago) and contact traced every single case. Zero were attributable to child-to-child contact. It's possible this is all luck though.
- sundvor 7y ago
  Schools in Australia are closed now, not reopening since Easter break. Kinders (preschool child daycare centers) remain open, and are now free - 100% paid for by the government.
  - nl 7y ago
    It's the school holidays in many states (I'm Australian). All schools will open for term 2, with Victoria and the ACT saying parents should prefer to keep children at home when possible while the other states are advising there will be more face-to-face[1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/13/are-schools-open-closed-term-2-australia-coronavirus-easter-holidays https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/13/are-s...
    - sundvor 7y ago
      In Vic children are held home, except for those of essential workers and if vulnerable; school started last week. Source: I'm managing son in grade 4. They just started using Cisco WebEx to connect with AV.
usaar333 7y ago
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30095-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4...
lemming 7y ago
Here's an article from a microbiologist here in NZ who's been one of the public faces of decoding the current scientific understanding of COVID for the general population: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-04-2020/siouxsie-wiles-what-we-know-about-children-and-covid-19/ https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-04-2020/siouxsie-wiles-w...

by zamfi 7y ago

nl 7y ago

The China evidence was fairly compelling (they did contact tracing and were unable to find a single case where the child was the transmitter). Schools didn't close in Australia (although many parents kept their children at home). There have been zero cases traced to child transmission, even in a few cases where a teacher or worker at a school got it from another place and brought it to school and those individual schools had to be closed. There was a single cluster based around a school in Sydney but it was found to be parent-to-parent transmission. Singapore didn't close schools during their early phase (until 2 weeks ago) and contact traced every single case. Zero were attributable to child-to-child contact. It's possible this is all luck though.

sundvor 7y ago
Schools in Australia are closed now, not reopening since Easter break. Kinders (preschool child daycare centers) remain open, and are now free - 100% paid for by the government.
- nl 7y ago
  It's the school holidays in many states (I'm Australian). All schools will open for term 2, with Victoria and the ACT saying parents should prefer to keep children at home when possible while the other states are advising there will be more face-to-face[1]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/13/are-schools-open-closed-term-2-australia-coronavirus-easter-holidays https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/13/are-s...
  - sundvor 7y ago
    In Vic children are held home, except for those of essential workers and if vulnerable; school started last week. Source: I'm managing son in grade 4. They just started using Cisco WebEx to connect with AV.

usaar333 7y ago

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(20)30095-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4...

lemming 7y ago

Here's an article from a microbiologist here in NZ who's been one of the public faces of decoding the current scientific understanding of COVID for the general population: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-04-2020/siouxsie-wiles-what-we-know-about-children-and-covid-19/ https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-04-2020/siouxsie-wiles-w...