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Pretty sure the latest research showed there was no difference. It only looked like they spread it less because they get less symptoms.
by socialdemocrat 6y ago
Pretty sure the latest research showed there was no difference. It only looked like they spread it less because they get less symptoms.
- sgt101 6y agoI read this : https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02973-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02973-3 "Young children transmit less Researchers suspect that one reason schools have not become COVID-19 hot spots is that children — especially those under the age of 12–14 — are less susceptible to infection than adults, according to a meta-analysis4 of prevalence studies. And once they are infected, young children, including those aged 0–5 years, are less likely to pass the virus on to others, says Haas. In an analysis5 of German schools, Haas’s team found that infections were less common in children aged 6–10 years than in older children and adults working at the schools. “The potential to transmit increases” with age, and adolescents are just as likely to transmit the virus as adults, he says. Teenagers and teachers should be the focus of mitigation measures, such as wearing masks or a return to online lessons when community transmission is high, says Haas."