Thread by @kerpen, From the toldyaso department: the Korean government report hyped by NYT and [...]

Phil Kerpen

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From the toldyaso department: the Korean government report hyped by NYT and other anti-schoolers actually showed 97 percent of households with the virus had it brought in by an adults, and most of the other 3% were *shared initial exposures* between adult and child.

I wrote about that here: https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/22/new-york-times-hyped-korean-report-actually-shows-kids-are-not-spreading-coronavirus/

New York Times-Hyped Report Actually Shows Kids Don't Spread COVID-19

Despite the study showing the exact opposite, the New York Times pushed a screaming headline that a new report proves kids ages 10-19 are highly infectious.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/22/new-york-times-hyped-korean-report-actually-shows-kids-are-not-spreading-coronavirus/

Now BMJ publishes a study on the same Korean children, but removes the instances of shared exposure. They find a grand total of *one* pediatric household transmission. A 16 year old who infected a 14 year old sibling. https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/06/archdischild-2020-319910

Role of children in household transmission of COVID-19

Objective Transmissibility of COVID-19 by children in the household is not clear. Herein, we describe children’s role in household transmission of COVID-19. Design and setting All paediatric COVID-19...

https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/06/archdischild-2020-319910

ICYMI: The Korean dataset that Randi Weingarten touted as the reason teachers can't teach found... **zero instances** of a child infecting an adult. Not even a parent.

So where are all the corrections/follow-up stories on Korea?

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