Study: Kids with COVID but no symptoms play key role in household spread.
A study today in Clinical Infectious Diseases conducted across 12 tertiary care pediatric hospitals in Canada and the United States shows that asymptomatic children with COVID-19, especially preschoolers, contribute significantly to household transmission.
"We determined that the risk of developing symptomatic illness within 14 days was 5 times greater among household contacts of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2–positive children"
"The fact that approximately 1 in 13 asymptomatically infected children developed PCC [post-COVID condition, or long COVID] is concerning and requires further investigation"
Yeah, honestly, we've known it all along from the start. In hindsight, it never made sense physically that kids would not spread it, and was mostly insisted upon back then to keep the schools open, so the economy can keep turning.
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