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Kids, schools and Covid, a thread.
Many of us, here on twitter, rely on our favorite expert(s) to deliver the results from recent studies on Covid. But sometimes, we may be getting an extract from an abstract with no critical appraisal of the paper (and lots of emojis
WELP
).
Many of us, here on twitter, rely on our favorite expert(s) to deliver the results from recent studies on Covid. But sometimes, we may be getting an extract from an abstract with no critical appraisal of the paper (and lots of emojis
WELP).
Prof. Prasad captures this phenomenon perfectly:
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1323097889661317120
We are being exposed to their biases which may feed our concerns and fuel anxiety. A way to overcome this is to extend our horizons and follow other experts, even those we don't agree with.
Some examples...
https://twitter.com/VPrasadMDMPH/status/1323097889661317120
We are being exposed to their biases which may feed our concerns and fuel anxiety. A way to overcome this is to extend our horizons and follow other experts, even those we don't agree with.
Some examples...
Anyone reporting on this (Park et al study)...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html
would need to be careful when interpreting the results as the study focuses only on symptomatic index cases. Emerging evidence shows that severity of symptoms correlates with risk of transmission.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html
would need to be careful when interpreting the results as the study focuses only on symptomatic index cases. Emerging evidence shows that severity of symptoms correlates with risk of transmission.
This has been highlighted in Dr. Cevik's work:
https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1308080071324962816?s=20
Or can be seen in this study (Table 3 if you're in a hurry):
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-2671
https://twitter.com/mugecevik/status/1308080071324962816?s=20
Or can be seen in this study (Table 3 if you're in a hurry):
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-2671
Anyone reporting on this (Laxminarayan et al)...
https://research.princeton.edu/news/largest-covid-19-contact-tracing-study-date-finds-children-key-spread-evidence-superspreaders
would also need to be careful and deal with the same caveat.
Or observe Dr. Munro deal with it very elegantly: https://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1311616478844780544?s=20
https://research.princeton.edu/news/largest-covid-19-contact-tracing-study-date-finds-children-key-spread-evidence-superspreaders
would also need to be careful and deal with the same caveat.
Or observe Dr. Munro deal with it very elegantly: https://twitter.com/apsmunro/status/1311616478844780544?s=20
Other than following a broader group of experts, we can also investigate and learn from other response strategies (even ones we don't support).
Sweden...
Schools remained open, as Sweden didn't lock down. Even sick kids were attending. A report compared the outcome with Finland.
Sweden...
Schools remained open, as Sweden didn't lock down. Even sick kids were attending. A report compared the outcome with Finland.
"Severe covid-19 disease as measured in ICU admittance is very rare in both countries in this age group and no deaths were reported [...] and in Sweden a report comparing risk of covid-19 in different professions, showed no increased risk for teachers." https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/c/covid-19-in-schoolchildren/
