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- John Bailey highlights a study indicating that babies and toddlers can spread COVID-19 more easily than older children and teens.
- How can daycare centers and schools adapt to this new information?
- Read more about the risk children pose during COVID-19.
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Babies and Toddlers Spread Virus in Homes More Easily Than Teens: According to a new large study out of Canada. Via The New York Times:
“The study, which was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, does not resolve an ongoing debate over whether infected children are as contagious as adults, and it does not suggest that toddlers are driving the pandemic. But it demonstrates that even very young children can still play a role.”
“In most cases, they found, the chain of transmission stopped with the infected child, but in 27.3 percent of households, children passed the virus along to at least one other resident.”
ABC News adds: “This study updates experts’ understanding of COVID transmission risk, experts said. Earlier in the pandemic, some scientists suggested the risk of transmission declined with age. But this assumption was likely skewed by the fact that lockdowns and social distancing meant young children had very few social encounters.”
Read the full article about COVID-19 transmission risks by John Bailey at The 74.