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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the study can’t account for masks/other simple precautions that work, then it’s useless. We know that large groups of people indoors with no precautions spread diseases.

[b]We also know that children spread COVID less than they do other diseases and less than adults spread it. [/b]We also know that children rarely fall seriously from COVID. We also know that failing to educate children for a year or more will irreversible harm many of them, especially the most vulnerable.

Many people are starting to think that means closing schools is more dangerous than opening them. That’s doesn’t make us dumb or crazy, even if you weigh the risks differently. [/quote]

Studies show the exact opposite. Kids in fact carry higher viral loads than adults and contribute more to community spread precisely because they are not adversely effected by the virus.

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DP, but nope.  Viral load =/= transmission.  I know that's what some people want to believe, but they're not the same thing.  One interpretation of the higher viral load findings is that in order for kids to show symptoms, they need to have much higher viral loads than adults with the same symptoms.  That still says bupkis about how well they transmit it.[/quote]

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