Mass General releases new study showing children to be effective spreaders of Covid-19

Just in time for school reopening.

"In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Mass General Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously thought. In a study of 192 children ages 0-22, 49 children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and an additional 18 children had late-onset, COVID-19-related illness. The infected children were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment."

https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-release/massachusetts-general-hospital-researchers-show-children-are-silent-spreaders-of-virus-that-causes-covid-19

Of course they are spreaders. Hopefully school districts spent the summer preparing for nontraditional teaching plans because the vast majority of kids will end up at home this year. I think most 5th graders could have figured this out.

LOL! Great answers. It SEEMS obvious, but not too everyone, sadly.
I would not send my kid to school. If the schooling is delayed for a year, so what? If it delays life for a year, so what. Covid is much more dangerous.

Mel