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After going through this thread and sources provided, I don’t understand how you came to your conclusions. The NEJM source specifically states at the end, in the Discussion, that: https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1282048669374701573">https://twitter.com/nahasnewm...
“However, the virus has spread to the extent that unless we continue to test and isolate, track contacts, and quarantine, we are likely to fail in our efforts to contain the virus.” The article even acknowledges that this information provided should not undermine the virus.
Concerning your article published by Alasdair Munro, please read this screenshot. In the last paragraph, he states:
Portion of last paragraph: “An issue with this data is that given schools were closed early in the outbreak, it is possible that this had an impact on the likelihood of a child becoming infected outside of the home and therefore becoming a household index case.”
An article by Business Insider discusses this article and clarified that the data was being misunderstood. They even cite Munro himself:
“But one of the researchers that authored the review in question, Alasdair Munro, insists their findings were misunderstood, and that children can indeed pass the virus to adults.”
Munro also states "Children almost certainly DO transmit COVID-19," https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/children-do-transmit-covid-19-says-researcher-amid-confusion-2020-4%3famp">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
Munro also states "Children almost certainly DO transmit COVID-19," https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/children-do-transmit-covid-19-says-researcher-amid-confusion-2020-4%3famp">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www...
Providing information from these articles while not including the author’s acknowledgement that there is still not enough evidence for some of these studies to be conclusive, is a poor way to spread information.
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