"The researchers said the finding that pediatric COVID-19 transmission was negatively correlated with new community cases during most of the pandemic is consist

"The researchers said the finding that pediatric COVID-19 transmission was negatively correlated with new community cases during most of the pandemic is consistent with that of a previous study." They kind of incoherently try to explain away this, but it seems to run directly counter to their basic thesis. I mean, everyone who has worked in daycare or grade school knows that kids can get each other sick, so it would be surprising if it were different for covid-19, but this seems like the a significant issue with their data that is the more interesting finding, and they sort of shrug it off. I may be a bit biased because I live in Texas, and we actually had the highest covid-19 rates when it was hottest, i.e. when schools were not in session, just like most of the Sun Belt.