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1/15 #Fever #tweetorialParents and paediatricians alike are obsessed with feverWe've all got fever fever But it is SO misunderstoodLet's take a look at what fever actually is, and finish

Quick thread on latest @ONS infection survey data, which is very informative!FYI: the survey involves mass random population testing for #COVID19 in England and Wales, so is not biased by

This study has the same methodology, and suffers from the same massive source of biasChildren (particularly young children) do not travel alone, especially during lock down in a pandemicThey are

"If there's one thing we learn from history, it's that we don't learn from history"A new study from India looks at #COVID19 contact tracing And now reported, "[children] transmitted the

There has never been more confusion about the role of children in transmission of #SARSCoV2 , and tensions are running high over implications for #schoolsreopeningTime for some clarity@Damian_Roland and I

I've almost given up on any balanced discourse about children, #COVID19 and schools, as everyone seems intent on either pretending children are not affected at all, or becoming borderline hysterical

People can't stop talking about schools and #COVID19 Here's a thread on school transmission studies!Summary:- If prevalence high in the community, it will be high in schools and some will

A few weeks ago a study from SK got lots of attention for reportedly showed children aged 10 - 19 were just as, or more infectious than adults with #COVID19

OK I'm busy trying to catch up with what I've missed on #COVID19 in children, which looks like a lot!People seem to be making a big deal out of some

A very interesting study here from South Korea, doing widespread contact tracing to give us a huge data set on secondary attack rates (SAR) for #COVID19 from different age groupsBut

Lots of talk about schools and #COVID19 today, which is no surprise!Time for a bumper thread on the evidence we have so far on schools, children, teachers, and #SARSCoV2 plus

So many examples of how twitter rewards, and amplifies extreme positions, which is unhelpful in nuanced debateMasks are ESSENTIAL to stop the pandemic Masks are useless and HARMFULMasks could help,