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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][url]https://www.nbc12.com/2020/07/01/study-children-can-transmit-covid-like-adults/[/url]

[url]https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/20/880983822/coronavirus-mystery-are-kids-less-likely-to-catch-it-than-adults-are[/url]- posted June 20th- modeler says "She says transmission among kids needs to be better understood so officials can make plans for appropriate precautions when reopening school". How much understanding do you think they have gained in 3 weeks?

[url]https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/covid-19-is-very-different-in-young-kids-versus-adults-67637[/url] based on a very small sample size of 34 children 
"Only one child exhibited ground-glass opacities, a type of lesion that looks like a hazy area on a lung computed tomography (CT) scan and is commonly observed in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. In contrast, 32 patients either had at admission or later developed lesions that appeared as patchy, dense shadows in their lung lobules as visualized by CT scan. Although the children recovered from cough and fever within a few days and all were discharged from the hospital within 15 days, 24 still had these lesions in their lungs when they were discharged.

“We don’t get CT scans on anyone, unless it’s clinically indicated,” says Marion Sills, a pediatric emergency physician and researcher at Children’s Hospital Colorado who did not participate in the work. The subjects in the study got three CT scans, which makes it harder to generalize those results to the patients Sills has seen.

Plus, the study’s age ranges “eliminated the sickest group that we’ve identified” in the US, Sills says. “The later teens, who fall within our pediatric population, have been some of our sickest patients,” she explains, adding that the authors may have missed sicker babies younger than one month as well. The authors did not respond to requests for an interview.

In terms of transmission, 13 had a family member with COVID-19. While 18 total had been exposed to a suspected case, 16 patients had no clear source of transmission. “Family cluster transmission was found to be common in our pediatric patients. There have been few reports of the infection dynamics from pediatric patients to their caregivers, although transmission from adults to children has been identified with confirmed evidence,” the authors write. “However, no evidence was shown regarding the transmission route from pediatric patients to their caregivers and close-contact family members.”

Its all over the place. Yes, children seem to be different but they arent sure. And now this [url]https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html[/url]

I dont know why you all cant just wait 6 more months. Youd rather just have another SIP and everything really go down the toilet. [/quote]

What do you think is going to happen in 6 months that suddenly everyone can come back?
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