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[quote=Anonymous]No, there is not growing evidence that children don't transmit the virus. There are some articles on the Washington Post that keep stating this, but it doesn't make it true.

https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/...-viral-load-by-patient-age.pdf
This German study concluded that viral load does not change significantly based on patient's age.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2449_article
So did this study in South Korea, which concluded that children who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic shed enough virus to infect others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/health/coronavi...ldren-transmission-school.html

DP: but carrying the same viral load doesn't necessarily mean they transmit the virus at the same rates.  The recent post article was based on a publication in Nature Medicine.  Is that somehow not true?  I know the studies are somewhat contradictory, but that makes for an interesting scientific problem, not irrefutable proof that it's unsafe for kids to go back to school.

This overview is useful, if you want 
 a comprehensive view of the science to date: https://explaincovid.org/post/kids-and-covid-19/iNR6ns6TY6OqDPfWrcqg[/quote]

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