New Covid19 Study – Child Related

https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-release/Massachusetts-general-hospital-researchers-show-children-are-silent-spreaders-of-virus-that-causes-covid-19

The little rascals.

I thought kids were almost immune?

b-curtis wrote:

I thought kids were almost immune?

That has never been the case. Kids seemed not to develop severe cases of the disease that required treatment and hospitalization in numbers of the same proportion as other segments of the population. They are certainly not immune.

There are millions upon millions of parents out there who WISH their kids were immune, believe me.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>b-curtis wrote:</div>
I thought kids were almost immune?

That has never been the case. Kids seemed not to develop severe cases of the disease that required treatment and hospitalization in numbers of the same proportion as other segments of the population. They are certainly not immune.

There are millions upon millions of parents out there who WISH their kids were immune, believe me.

I know. I should have put an emoji behind my statement.

Everyone will be exposed to it at some point. So we may as well stop hiding and get it over with

b-curtis wrote:

I thought kids were almost immune?

Come on b-Curtis. It is incredibly irresponsible to say such things with no proof

Fish To Escape wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>b-curtis wrote:</div>
I thought kids were almost immune?

Come on b-Curtis. It is incredibly irresponsible to say such things with no proof

I just know.

Who do you think funded that study?

jwellsy wrote:

Who do you think funded that study?

Big Webmeeting strikes again!

Good news is No one gets the flu any more…

Here is the chart from cdc for influenza like illnesses. Confirmed covid cases removed. Don’t let facts get in your way

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Fish To Escape wrote:

Here is the chart from cdc for influenza like illnesses. Confirmed covid cases removed. Don’t let facts get in your way

Admire your persistence but you have to realize by now that everyone has their mind made up and Jesus H Christ could rise from the dead and show someone a chart and they would say its not true if went against what they already think they know about covid

David Blais wrote:

Good news is No one gets the flu any more…

Yes this is pretty spot on.
Once the covid shot comes around and people still get it, they will claim a different strain. Just like the flu shot lol

Fish to Escape will comment in this thread…………oh wait……nevermind

eyeguy507 wrote:

Fish to Escape will comment in this thread…………oh wait……nevermind

I am honored you think about me so much

David Blais wrote:

Good news is No one gets the flu any more…

They do but not nearly as often because of mask wearing, distancing, and hand hygiene.

My daughter when she was 5 contracted Kawasaki syndrome, which I guess can be related to this virus, It’s not funny and I hope to Hell none of your children get it. DK.

jwellsy wrote:

Who do you think funded that study?

I don’t know who funded it but,

The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the MGH Department of Pediatrics the MGH Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology and private donors.

Are you advocating to keep schools closed??

Why such a small sample size? 192 kids and 49 Covid positive with possibly 18 more from age 0-22, is not enough info for any conclusions. If they want to study kids, at least young kids, they should do a study of daycare facilities. My son has been in daycare the entire time, and the school notifies us of any positives among kids or staff, and haven’t had one positive at either of their locations in the Metro.

My kids have been in daycare since about 8 weeks post everything shutting down. They have had one case among a teacher that shut the place down, one kid tested positive afterwards. They have handled the whole thing quite well. A friend’s daycare is currently shut down because a different parent sent their kid into daycare while they were waiting for the kid’s covid test to come back (with symptoms). After The test came back positive they came clean and in the few days after it happened another kid has tested positive and the operator of the home daycare is now sick with covid. A little personal responsibility will go a long way

lindyrig79 wrote:

Are you advocating to keep schools closed??

Not advocating anything. For my work I’ve subscribed to the New England Journal of Medicine’s mailings about new study releases for a variety of health conditions. Covid has dominated these mailings for a long time. Just passing on new information.

Not sure in anybody bothers to listen to Osterholm but I believe he said a couple weeks ago, and I sure hope I don’t get this wrong, that there does seem to be something ‘different’ with really young kids not getting sick…BUT he did say it is going to spread like wildfire with other kids. Assuming schools open he predicts a month from now the number of US cases is going to significantly jump, although with the CDC being pressured to recommend less testing and many schools not going to report outbreaks maybe our cases will magically go down.

The good news is we will all be saved in October when we go full Russia and the WH forces the approval of a not fully tested vaccine. That should be fun.

People get sick. 99% of people survive. Life must go on.

If you are especially vulnerable, stay home.

lindyrig79 wrote:

People get sick. 99% of people survive. Life must go on.

If you are especially vulnerable, stay home.

Its been said 1000x before and likely by you yourself at one point or another – if the subject line bothers you stay out of the thread. If sharing information about covid bothers you dont open the thread.

crappie55369 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>lindyrig79 wrote:</div>
People get sick. 99% of people survive. Life must go on.

If you are especially vulnerable, stay home.

Its been said 1000x before and likely by you yourself at one point or another – if the subject line bothers you stay out of the thread. If sharing information about covid bothers you dont open the thread.

It doesn’t bother me. I asked a question and made a comment.

IMO – Children holding large viral loads while remaining asymptomatic is great news!! larger viral loads translate into stronger immune responses (see B and T cell response). We already have seen hospitalization rates for white children at a minuscule 2 per 100,000 (see Star Tribune article from a couple weeks ago citing a study from New York – they were illustrating that Latino children (8X) and Black children (5X) hospitalization rates – Star Tribune editors missed the fact that they actually listed the rates- the article was quickly taken down).

So what we know……. non sick kids with high viral loads leading to their immunity. win win!!

If you are a vulnerable house – keep your kids distanced if you want. Mine won’t be visiting Grandparents and I don’t have patient contact during Covid. Mine will be in school (thankfully in private school now) every second!

More positives to take……. in a state of 5.6 million people. hospitalizations, ICU stays, and deaths have been flatlined (+/- 50 hospitalizations) since June 22. Our capacities have never been even close to threatened. all great things suggesting we have plenty of room for thousands of asymptomatic healthy children.

remember schools are allowing you to stay home if you so desire.

I wouldn’t call myself vulnerable. However, I still would prefer not to get infected with this whether its mild, moderate, asymptomatic, or serious. I don’t like being sick, period. Even a sinus infection sucks. So I’m going to continue to be cautious until there is a vaccine available.

I do agree that our economy, lives, and society must go on. We can’t just grind to a halt for an indefinite amount of time. But, I don’t think we should go back to the way it was a year ago either. If we can find a middle ground that limits exponential spread and also allows most portions of society to continue I think that is the most practical and realistic.

Large gatherings, especially indoors, are super spreading events. The most recent one that comes to mind is Sturgis. Another recent one is an indoor wedding reception in Maine. I think we can agree that these kind of events are not a great idea at the moment.

As some may know, my whole family got it. My son, daughter and wife have asthma and I have a weak immune system. My son’s symptoms lasted just 2 days, my wife and daughter lasted 4 days. Mine lasted 12 days, although I still have a small cough and very low energy (but everything else is gone).

It sucks to be certain. Luckily I wasn’t hospitalized, but I suffered just about every symptom in the book. Today was my first day back to work. It’s funny how my coworkers would talk big, like it’s no big deal, before I got infected. But today, I got looked at sideways, people did all they could to avoid me at all costs, heck even management singled me out a couple times likely because I had the virus. When things get real, the true feelings & personalities of people come out quickly.

Glad to hear you are feeling better and the family is doing well