Australian study: COVID-19 spreads in schools 'considerably less' than influenza

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A study out of Australia shows the spread of COVID-19 is not driven by children in educational environments, a finding expected to influence the ongoing debate about when to reopen schools in many Western countries.

Authorities in the United States, the European countries and other nations around the world began shutting down schools in February and March under the assumption that schoolhouses – packed full of children and usually hotspots of community virus transmission – would contribute to major coronavirus outbreaks. Many public officials, particularly in the U.S., have vowed to keep schools closed until the fall and possibly beyond.

Yet health authorities are beginning to question that approach to pandemic mitigation

Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization, said last week that "children don't seem to be getting severely ill from this infection," that there "have not been big outbreaks in schools" where they have remained open, and that it sees "children are less capable of spreading" the virus.

The study out of Australia, released last month by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, found that "SARS-CoV-2 transmission in children in schools appears considerably less than seen for other respiratory viruses, such as influenza."

The study determined that, out of hundreds of "close contacts" that were in proximity to numerous positive COVID-19 patients in a school environment, only a scant number contracted the disease there.

"In contrast to influenza, data from both virus and antibody testing to date suggest that children are not the primary drivers of COVID-19 spread in schools or in the community," the researchers said.

"This is consistent with data from international studies showing low rates of disease in children and suggesting limited spread among children and from children to adults," they also said.

The researchers do note that, in mid-March, the government advised parents to keep their children at home for online learning even as schools remained open. Following that advice, "face-to-face attendance in schools decreased significantly and this may have impacted the results of this investigation." School holidays in early April may have also affected the results.

Children in Australia began to return to school earlier this month as part of a staggered re-opening plan.

Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown says Trump opening things up way too quickly. "How many workers must die just to improve the GDP?" Man these lib assholes just suck with their narrative.

It's all the democrats have and they know it. Doing everything they can to tank our economy is the last rock they have to throw at Trump.

They just aren't bright enough to understand how much this will backfire on them in November.

Another sanctuary city in California, but wait….you'll like this one. Local mayor declares his city a sanctuary for businesses against Newsom's orders.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...mKyL?ocid=spartanntp

One of the main reasons I dumped the local fishwrap (the Mining Urinal) was because they featured a column by Sherrod Browns wife.
If you think he is an idiot, you should read her dreck.

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30 MAIN should just change their name to 'Closed due to Stupidity'.

Yeesh. The owner sounds like a real piece of work.

He's busy going off on anyone who has criticized his new 1984-style "new normal" plan on his FB page and if you look at his Yelp page and dare to give him any guff about your experience, he's coming for you.

Not sure how this guy has made it 8 years now at that place.

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I have attached some photos and when everything is complete will be happy to walk you through.

Special hours for seniors 2pm-5pm

So, he's saying he invented the Blue Plate Special.....


It's crazy but it will appeal to a specific type of customer, those who feel Masks and overbearing oversight is the salvation to safety, that no intrusion is invasive enough when it's done for the "right cause"

You know - dumbasses....

CDC Now Says Chinese Flu Does Not Spread Easily Via Contaminated Surfaces

https://www.foxnews.com/health...ontaminated-surfaces

Ya don’t say.

Went into work for a couple of hours today. Walking through the mall was weird. All but a few food places, and nearly every retail place were closed, even had the escalators turned off. Got to the place I was working before store opened and did my work before the store had it's first customer.

Got in a huge two hours today. I asked the store manager if there were many other stores open in the mall and she named off like three or four stores but the Pacific Sun store across the way had the lights on for the first time in months. Got home and was talking with boss over interoffice messaging app, he told me the store I was in didn't have permission to be open and just said fuck it and opened anyways.

Guess we've gone from civil disobedience to corporate disobedience now.

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Originally posted by Skins2881: Guess we've gone from civil disobedience to corporate disobedience now.

That's encouraging! I read that Hawaii is still adamant about lockdown and says don't come. Not gonna be a problem for me.

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CDC Now Says Chinese Flu Does Not Spread Easily Via Contaminated Surfaces

https://www.foxnews.com/health...ontaminated-surfaces

Ya don’t say.

Not sure I would believe anything the CDC says. I have always assumed that foreign surfaces are contaminated in some way/shape/form - I just don't panic over it.

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I read that Hawaii is still adamant about lockdown and says don't come. Not gonna be a problem for me.

Not gonna be a problem for me, either.
But tourism is just about the entire economy of Hawaii. Of course they'll be looking for a handout from Uncle Sugar.

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And they cited FDA statements that it hasn't been proven to treat this virus.

Ahhh the FDA, an organization that has been responsible for more deaths than 'all' the world's dictators combined. And an organization for which I have 'zero' respect.

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Ohio Senator Sherrod...

A true intellectual titan right there. Hey Sherry, governors are responsible for opening (or not) their states and with whatever might result. The Federal government has no authority to close or open a state. So ends today's civics lesson you absolute moron.

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
CDC Now Says Chinese Flu Does Not Spread Easily Via Contaminated Surfaces

https://www.foxnews.com/health...ontaminated-surfaces

Ya don’t say.

Not sure I would believe anything the CDC says. I have always assumed that foreign surfaces are contaminated in some way/shape/form - I just don't panic over it.

You're missing the point. Fauci and crew told us that the bug can live on surfaces for hours and infect people. Now the CDC (i.e. a government agency people will listen to because, its a government agency) says something to the contrary. Both of these teams are supposedly on the same side of the equation, but they're sending conflicting info. So tell me once again, what is an 'expert', and why should we listen to any of them?

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I read that Hawaii is still adamant about lockdown and says don't come. Not gonna be a problem for me.

Not gonna be a problem for me, either.
But tourism is just about the entire economy of Hawaii. Of course they'll be looking for a handout from Uncle Sugar.

My son and DIL live there (Oahu and the Big Island) and he stated it sucks because, as a Haole, when he goes to work, the stares are rather notable (unless he's with his wife, then he's okay).