Essentially, it is. Their partners faced a 29% higher risk of becoming infected than partners of teachers who shifted to teaching online. and However, it has been difficult to separate school-based transmission from other confounding factors, especially because schools have tended to open or close in concert with other restrictions lifting or tightening. I'll bet. Oh, and this little gem: The authors calculated that keeping lower secondary schools open likely led to 500 additional detected cases in the spring among the 450,000 parents with kids in lower secondary school and 38 additional cases among teachers’ partners. (Because testing was so limited, the real number of additional infections was likely much higher, the authors note.) So 500 out of 450,000 parents likely got sick because of keeping lower schools open. what's that percentage? And what was the mortality of that percentage? Yeah, exactly.
So a rural Wisconsin county which had low prevalence of COVID in the community at the time at the study had minimal problems with COVID in schools. Where is the Duh-Obvious tag. Now go repeat the study in a county where the COVID positive test rate is over 10%.
I did. They're just as pointless. The study doesn't share anything new or revolutionary. No one is saying that people don't catch viruses when they go into a school environment. Posting a study that tells us this, and that schools that didn't use masks had a greater rate of transmission - yeah we know. What you can't do is show a higher mortality among teachers OR ANY mortality of significant among students. And that is the point. Thanks for trying though. Keep at it.
Yet... over 80% of COVID patients have lingering symptoms ("long-COVID") while you push over and over it's only about how many dead students & teachers there are. On the same premise we should not care how many children polio cripples only about how many kids polio kills. 80% of COVID-19 Patients May Have Lingering Symptoms, Signs — More than 50 effects persisted after acute infection, meta-analysis show https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90966 Eight of 10 COVID-19 patients had lingering symptoms or signs 14 or more days after acute infection, a systematic review and meta-analysis showed. More than 50 symptoms tied to SARS-CoV-2 infection persisted, most commonly fatigue (58%), headache (44%), attention disorder (27%), hair loss (25%), dyspnea (24%), and anosmia (24%) were identified, according to Sonia Villapol, PhD, of Houston Methodist Research Institute in Texas, and colleagues. The findings were reported in a medRxiv preprint and have not undergone peer review. "We estimated that a total 80% of the patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 developed one or more long-term symptoms," Villapol said. "Preventive measures, rehabilitation techniques, and clinical management strategies designed to address prevalent long-term effects of COVID-19 are urgently needed," she told MedPage Today. To date, there's no established diagnosis for the slow, persistent condition that people with lasting effects of COVID-19 experience; terms like "long COVID," "long haulers," and "post-acute COVID-19" have been used, Villapol and colleagues noted. In their review, they referred to lingering symptoms and signs as "long-term effects of COVID-19." Last year, a widely-cited CDC survey showed 35% of COVID-19 patients had not returned to usual health 2 to 3 weeks after testing positive, but those were mild, outpatient cases. Early in 2021, a study in the Lancet showed that 6 months after illness onset, 76% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China, reported at least one symptom that persisted, mostly fatigue or muscle weakness. In their meta-analysis, Villapol and colleagues included 47,910 people with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in 15 studies that had evaluated symptoms, signs, or laboratory parameters 2 weeks or more week post-viral infection. Each study had a minimum of 100 patients. Nine studies were from Great Britain or Europe, three were from the U.S. Six studies focused only people hospitalized for COVID-19; the others included mild, moderate, and severe cases. Patients ranged from ages 17 to 87 years, and follow-up time ranged from 14 to 110 days. Fatigue was the most common symptom of both long and acute COVID-19, Villapol and colleagues noted: "It is present even after 100 days of the first symptom of acute COVID-19." During follow-up, 34% of patients had an abnormal chest x-ray or CT. Elevated markers also were seen, including D-dimer (20%), NT-proBNP (11%), C-reactive protein (8%), serum ferritin (8%), procalcitonin (4%), and IL-6 (3%). Other lingering symptoms were pulmonary (cough, chest discomfort, reduced pulmonary diffusing capacity, sleep apnea, pulmonary fibrosis), cardiovascular (arrhythmias, myocarditis), or neurologic or psychiatric (memory loss, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders). All meta-analyses showed medium to high heterogeneity. "Future studies need to stratify by sex, age, previous comorbidities, severity of COVID-19 (ranging from asymptomatic to severe), and duration of each symptom," the researchers wrote. From the clinical perspective, multi-disciplinary teams with whole-patient perspectives are needed to address long COVID-19 care, they added. Limitations include possible selection or reporting bias, small sample sizes for some outcomes, and variation in how outcomes and markers were defined. "Another limitation is that, given that COVID-19 is a new disease, it is not possible to determine how long these effects will last," Villapol and colleagues said. "To determine whether these long-term effects either complicate previous diseases or are a continuation of COVID-19, there is a need for prospective cohort studies." they added. Measures like blood markers of genetic, inflammatory, immune, and metabolic function need to be standardized to compare studies, and open questions should be included.
It's amusing the bullshiat and lies pushed by political advocates is amazing. The nonsense and fabrications pushed by Tracy Høeg are particularly amazing since she claims to be a medical doctor. All schools in Denmark remain closed. K-4 schools are not open - nor any other schools. Let's see what the country's health minister has to say... Don’t expect Denmark to reopen at start of February: minister https://www.thelocal.dk/20210127/dont-expect-denmark-to-reopen-at-start-of-february-minister Denmark’s current coronavirus lockdown is scheduled to expire on February 7th, but an actual reopening in coming weeks is unlikely. Health minister Magnus Heunicke said in comments to broadcaster DR that he does not expect a large scale reopening of society at the beginning of next month. The current restrictions include the closure of schools, universities and non-essential stores as well as requiring most people to work from home where possible; public assembly limits of no more than 5 people; and mandatory face mask use in indoor public areas. They have been in full effect since December 25th and had already been extended once before the new deadline of February 7th was announced. Infection rates and hospitalisation numbers in the country have fallen significantly since last month. Wednesday saw 592 new cases of Covid-19 registered by health authorities from 112,894 tests. That gives a test positivity rate of 0.52 percent. A total of 666 people are currently hospitalised across the country due to Covid-19, according to official data. That figure exceeded 900 when peaking in December 2020. The reproduction rate or R-number – a measure of whether the virus is spreading in society – is currently estimated to be at 0.8. If the R-number is less than 1.0, the overall number of infections will fall. Despite these encouraging signs, health authority concerns over the more infectious B117 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, mean any talk of reopening businesses or schools remains on hold. The R-number for the B117 variant alone is 1.07, according to DR’s report on Tuesday. Because it is more infectious, B117 could cause a new wave of cases once it becomes the dominant form of the virus – which it is on course to do – unless restrictions keep it under control, health authorities have said. “It is not realistic to have a major easing (of restrictions) in February,” Heunicke told DR. “All our efforts now are about taking the strength out of the epidemic so there is as little fuel as possible when the British variant takes over,” Heunicke said, choosing to refer to B117 by the country in which it was first identified. “In the countries in which re-openings have happened at the same time as the British variant taking control of the epidemic, things have gone completely wrong. We must hold on here,” he also said. Henrik Ullum the director of the State Serum Institute, the national infectious disease agency, said on Tuesday that current infection rates were good news but there is also cause for concern. “I am pleased about the way in which the public has taken on board the restrictions and good advice,” Ullum told DR. “But I am just as concerned about B117 as I always have been. It is more infectious, and if we open up, it will spread explosively,” he said. ================================================== The opposition Liberal (Venstre) party has called for children in grades 0-4 to be sent back to school as soon as practically possible -- but this has not occurred yet in Denmark. The Lockkown in Denmark has been extended to March - https://www.thelocal.dk/20210128/new-denmark-to-extend-covid-19-lockdown-until-march
Wow, another shocker. You're on fire today! So people who get a nasty cold virus have "lingering symptoms" more than 14 days later? Holy crap! Because I've never had a nasty virus make me feel like crap two weeks later. Choice quote from the non-peer reviewed "study"... Last year, a widely-cited CDC survey showed 35% of COVID-19 patients had not returned to usual health 2 to 3 weeks after testing positive, but those were mild, outpatient cases. Early in 2021, a study in the Lancet showed that 6 months after illness onset, 76% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China, reported at least one symptom that persisted, mostly fatigue or muscle weakness. Uh huh. One third had mild symptoms after 2 to 3 weeks. Let me guess, those were over the age of 65 mostly? People who were tired or experienced "weakness" after being really sick? We should immediately lock everyone in their closets!
Sorry, I know your impulse is for self-preservation and to immediately attack anyone who dares challenge the narrative, but try focusing on the information - not just to discredit anyone who speaks out against the Party. Denmark Sends School Kids Home in Latest Lockdown Measures Denmark imposed new lockdown measures across much of the country, including the partial closure of schools, to fight a surge in coronavirus infections in recent days. From Dec. 9, restaurants, bars and cinemas will be shuttered in Copenhagen and in areas where infection rates are similarly worrying, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters on Monday. “A vaccine may be on the way,” but “we’re still facing some difficult months ahead,” she said. The decision follows a record surge in daily coronavirus cases over the weekend. Denmark registered a total of more than 3,800 new infections on Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, another 2,046 people were registered as infected with the virus. Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said that without the stricter measures, the country might find itself in a situation in which its health-care system is overwhelmed. The new measures - Restrictions affect 38 of Denmark’s 98 municipalities. School children in grade 5 (aged around 11) and up will be sent home. Restaurants, bars, cafes, cinemas and theaters will be shut. Indoor sports arrangements to be canceled. Public-sector workers in non-essential sectors to work from home. Private companies are urged to let their employees work from home. Measures apply until Jan. 3, though authorities say they’ll review whether it’s safe by them to ease restrictions. Existing restrictions, including a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people as well as a requirement that face masks be worn in public, will be extended until the end of February.
And yes... if you read the articles from the Denmark Health Minister you will also note that Grades 0 to 4 were sent home before the winter break on December 25th. They have not been back in school since. There was a government proposal to start Grades 0-4 back in school on February 10th but it was pulled at the last moment. This is all documented in the articles I posted. Maybe it is time for you to focus on facts... rather than creating your own personal reality. Pushing an article from December 9th while ignoring two months of follow-up information is a typical example of your hypocrisy in action.