- Children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have high amounts of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in their nasopharynx compared with older children and adults, finds new study in JAMA Pediatrics (30 July 2020). Young children can potentially be important drivers of SARS-CoV-2 spread. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2768952 41 comments science
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- New Evidence Suggests Young Children Spread Covid-19 More Efficiently Than Adults https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2020/07/31/new-evidence-suggests-young-children-spread-covid-19-more-efficiently-than-adults/#117072ee19fd 4601 comments
- Schools Aren't Going to Reopen This Fall - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/push-reopen-schools-fail/614869/ 930 comments
- Children Often Carry More Coronavirus than Adults Do: Study | The Scientist Magazine® https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/children-often-carry-more-coronavirus-than-adults-study-67785 611 comments
- Fauci to Testify Before Congress on Coronavirus Response - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/world/coronavirus-covid-19.html?action=click&%3Bmodule=top+stories&%3Bpgtype=homepage 498 comments
- Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/health/coronavirus-children.html 112 comments
- Children may play a larger role in transmission than once believed - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/20/children-coronavirus-spread-transmission/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_children-virus-930am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans 59 comments
- PolitiFact: Trump said children are ‘almost immune’ from coronavirus. That’s not accurate. https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/08/06/politifact-trump-said-children-are-almost-immune-from-coronavirus-thats-not-accurate/ 48 comments
- Facebook removes Trump post for falsely claiming children are ‘almost immune’ to COVID-19 - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356255/facebook-president-donald-trump-covid-19-misinformation-post-removal-children-immune?amp%3Butm_content=entry&%3Butm_medium=social&%3Butm_source=reddit 35 comments
- Opinion | A covid-19 outbreak among children at a Georgia summer camp is a warning - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-covid-19-outbreak-among-children-at-a-georgia-summer-camp-is-a-warning/2020/08/02/29209ffe-d353-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html?hpid=hp_opinions-for-wide-side_opinion-card-a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans 7 comments
- Facebook removes Trump post for falsely claiming children are ‘almost immune’ to COVID-19 - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/5/21356255/facebook-president-donald-trump-covid-19-misinformation-post-removal-children-immune 3 comments
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school | CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/health/covid-kids-school-gupta-essay/index.html 1 comment
- More data, but still confusion over how much children spread SARS-CoV-2 | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/more-data-but-still-confusion-over-how-much-children-spread-sars-cov-2/ 0 comments
- When Children's Covid-19 Symptoms Won't Go Away https://undark.org/2020/09/02/kids-covid-19-long-haulers/ 0 comments
- What Happens When Children's Covid-19 Symptoms Won't Go Away | Science| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-happens-when-childrens-covid-19-symptoms-wont-go-away-180975761/ 0 comments
- Teachers share their biggest fears about reopening schools during the pandemic - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/21363761/coronavirus-pandemic-teacher-fears-school-year-reopening-covid-19 0 comments