Kids who don’t show COVID-19 symptoms can still spread virus for weeks, study shows

NY Post ^ | August 29, 2020 | Melanie Gray

[tbw2]

There is NO documented case of a non-symptomatic child giving the coronavirus to a parent or teacher.

[mewzilla]

German media reports this just as German protests against WuFlu restrictions flare up bigly.

Coinkydink....?

[daniel1212]

Seeing as,
only a minute percentage of deaths due to Covid (and even less by Covid itself) were among those btwn 0-24 years old,
and that deaths that do occur had, on average, 2.6 additional conditions or causes1,
and with hypertension and obesity being the most common comorbidities2,
and about 80% of those who are infected have mild or no symptoms,3
and are usually no longer infectious after 10 days 4,
and likely develop a lasting effective immune response against possible further infections5,
and staying socially isolated results increases the risk of mental and physical health issues 6,
and researchers have estimated that those tested with SARS-CoV-2 in the four days after infection were 67% more likely to test (RT-PCR) negative even if they had the virus,
while those who have long since recovered can (PCR) test positive7;

Then it seems to me that rather than living in fear, those who are healthy (esp. healthy lungs) should not any more afraid of catching Covid (that is, any more than they would a cold) or being around those in like physical condition, but avoid close inside contact with those who not.

1 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
2 https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/85855
3 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/understanding-the-virus-and-its-unanswered-questions/2020/08/25/019c34e2-e6be-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html
4 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/duration-isolation.html
5 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/health/coronavirus-immunity-antibodies.html
6 https://www.rush.edu/health-wellness/discover-health/combating-effects-social-isolation
7 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/covid-19-test-that-relies-on-viral-genetic-material-gives-false-negative-results-if-used-too-early-in-those-infected
8 https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/08/viral-shedding-covid19-pcr-montreal-baby/