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https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-kids-covid-no-symptoms-play-key-role-household-spread>
"A study today in
Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary
care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that
asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute
significantly to household transmission.
The researchers discovered that 10.6% of exposed household contacts developed
symptomatic illness within 14 days of exposure to asymptomatic test-positive
children, a rate higher than expected.
"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days
was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic
SARS-CoV-2–positive children," the authors wrote.
They also found that 6 of 77 asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–infected children during a
3-month follow-up developed long COVID, or 7.8% of them.
The finding is noteworthy, as likely more than 30% of all COVID-19 infections
are asymptomatic, and asymptomatic infections are presumed to be
benign—especially those in children."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: March 28, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-101221362
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
