Reconstruction of transmission chains (i.e. who infected whom) is a sophisticated subfield in infection disease epidemiology. This atrocious drivel masquerading as science, with no stats, no genomic sequencing, no nothing ... besides a childish diagram is not sophisticated.
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29 people got infected, including 8 children, that& #39;s it. The authors conclude "The high infection attack rate among children in our cluster *could* be explained by prolonged close contact between very young children, who are less able to adjust to control measures."
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Indeed, children *could* have infected other children/adults, or not, the data doesn& #39;t allow to tell. Pretending otherwise is just speculation. The only saving grace of the paper, is that the authors are at least upfront about having failed to collect meaningful information.
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Unsurprisingly a hysterical nutritionist with a large Twitter following had a field day reporting it and coming up with further interesting details in the process.
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