The actual paper says: "transmissibility was not assessed in this study" https://twitter.com/MassGeneralNews/status/1296428406180020224
And the number of asymptomatic pediatric positives in the study is.... 3. Their viral loads are not broken out.
And then there's still the fundamental reason every German medical society rejected Drosten. We have substantial empirical evidence children do not significantly transmit. Viral load measurements can only help us understand *why*, not disprove that observational evidence.
In this case the media hype came directly from a *press release* unhinged from the underlying study. Incredibly reckless by @MassGeneralNews. (Also doesn't help that the actual paper is not linked in the hype release.) https://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1296491189647085570?s=19
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