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1/ When Trump announced that children are "almost immune" to COVID he engaged in a calculated lie. To the contrary, children do contract COVID in large numbers; they do suffer profoundly serious physical and neurological harm and they can transmit the disease others.
2/ A study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school re-openings will trigger more outbreaks as older children spread the coronavirus just as much as adults this large study found. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/health/coronavirus-children-schools.html?smid=tw-share
3/ Children younger than 5 have between 10 and 100 times more genetic material from the novel coronavirus in their noses compared to older children and to adults, according to a small study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/health/children-coronavirus-viral-load-transmission-study-wellness/index.html
4/ Another article debunking the notion that kids don't contract or spread COVID. Don't listen to Trump when he says kids are invulnerable! And don't open schools this fall! And if they do, don't send your children! https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87849
5/ Whether in children or adults, COVID is a vicious disease. Even those who survive it often suffer serious after effects, sometimes lasting for a lifetime. Why haven't people been talking about this? https://www.newsweek.com/most-recovered-covid-19-patients-left-heart-damage-study-shows-1521456
