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There has not been a single instance of a child under ten transmitting the coronavirus, even in contact tracing carried out by WHO

Posted by Algernon_Asimov
Tags: coronaviruses.covid19, paediatrics, children, epidemiology, contact tracing, world health organization, author.hayley dixon, source.the telegraph, paywall.hard
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/29/no-case-child-passing-coronavirus-adult-exists-evidence-review/

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Title
No case of a child passing coronavirus to an adult exists, evidence review shows
Authors
By Hayley Dixon, By Gareth Davies, By Daniel Capurro, By Sarah Knapton, By Dominic Nicholls, By Danielle Sheridan
Published
Apr 29 2020
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248 words

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  1. rkcr
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    I hope this is backed up with more evidence soon. If those of us with young kids could just let them play with each other that would be a huge load off our shoulders. It's been hard being the only...

    I hope this is backed up with more evidence soon. If those of us with young kids could just let them play with each other that would be a huge load off our shoulders. It's been hard being the only social contact with my kid for the past month+.

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    1. cfabbro
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      Yeah, when the Telegraph and Daily Mail are the top two results in google when you try to look for a better source, that's a giant red flag. The only other related articles I could find were...

      Yeah, when the Telegraph and Daily Mail are the top two results in google when you try to look for a better source, that's a giant red flag. The only other related articles I could find were regarding a similar statement made by the Swiss health ministry's infectious diseases chief, E.g. from the BBC:

      Coronavirus: Switzerland says young children can hug grandparents

      "Young children are not infected and do not transmit the virus," he said. "They just don't have the receptors to catch the disease."

      However in the same article there is also this quote too:

      Sounding a note of caution, Germany's chief virologist Christian Drosten told Austrian broadcaster ORF that there was insufficient data to say conclusively that young children could not transmit the virus.

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