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Evidence grows that children may play a larger role in transmission than previously believed – The Washington Post
The latest study is small, but it shows that kids’ rates of infection and viral loads may make them silent spreaders.
One of the studys authors, Alessio Fasano, a physician at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, said that because children tend to exhibit few if any symptoms, they were largely ignored in the early part of the outbreak and not tested. But they may have been acting as silent spreaders all along.
Some people thought that children might be protected, Fasano said. This is incorrect. They may be as susceptible as adults but just not visible.
The study in the Journal of Pediatrics comes on the heels o…
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