Thread Shocking data from England. On 22 October, 4% of pre-primary & primary school children & 9% of high school children were estimated to CURRENTLY have COVID-19.
Infections are rising in parents: 25 Sep: 0.8% 2 Oct: 1.2% 9 Oct: 1.2% 16 Oct: 1.5% 22 Oct: 1.8% https://ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/29october2021
Thread Now that the kid has their first vaccine AND a sample for antibody test, there will be 3-4 weeks to confirm if the child has antibodies to COVID.
This long period of time offers tons of flexibility to ensure a highly accurate result is obtained - I’ll give examples below
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Thread Our pre-print on a #SARSCoV2 #Alpha variant outbreak in a primary #school in Geneva - epidemiological and virological investigation - what have we found & what have we done? #COVID19 #children #Switzerland
Thread 1/🧵 “Let kids get #Covid”
This struthious (ostrich-like) mantra is wrong-headed.
✅ Kids can get super sick w #COVID ✅ Kids can suffer #LongCovid ✅ Kids spread virus to vulnerable adults ✅ Kids wears #masks proudly ✅ Kids should be #vaccinated when able
Children could be dangerous carriers of virus Study finds kids to be potential spreaders of COVID-19 and emerging variants October 2021
Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19: a descriptive retrospective follow-up study August 2021
Children with long covid:
“Almost half of children who contract covid-19 may have lasting symptoms,” Known in March 2021
Kids can, and should, wear masks in schools “The results have been stunning: in San Francisco schools there have been only seven cases of transmission this year. Contrast that to England, where last week 270,000 schoolchildren were infected. Of those, around 1 per cent may be hospitalised”.
Thread I'm sorry to point out that @GaDPH has a newly reported pediatric death from COVID-19 in today's report. He was a 9 year old boy from Richmond county. His is the 17th pediatric death since the start of the pandemic. I'm so very sorry for his family, his community, his care team.
Thread Per the AAP, 174 kids have died of Covid since this was posted.
This article did not even acknowledge children could die from the virus.
Thread Case rate (per 100k) among 5-9 year olds has almost matched the rate in 20-29 year olds.
Virginia School system sees rise in COVID cases, quarantining students #Chesterfield
2,025 students were in quarantine as of Sept 21 – 1,197 students at pre-K & elementary level, 482 students at middle school level & 340 students at high school level.
Thread Someone told me that school opening in Ohio wasn't going as badly as they thought it would, and the feared exponential growth wasn't happening.🤷♀️
Ohio pediatric hospitalizations are clearly on an exponential rise. We just aren't testing enough to capture it. High % positivity.
‘Hard to believe’: Scientists alarmed by COVID’s diabetes link, particularly in children Among Covid-19’s many ripple effects, the worsening of the global diabetes burden could carry a heavy public-health toll. Known in May 2021
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