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Young children with coronavirus may carry 10 to 100 times more of virus than adults: study

Children under five years of age may harbor up to 100 times as much of the coronavirus in their noses and throats as infected adults and older children, according to a study out of Chicago.

“Our analyses suggest children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have high amounts of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in their nasopharynx compared with older children and adults," the researchers stated in the study published in JAMA Pediatrics on Thursday..............

https://www.foxnews.com/health/young-children-coronavirus-carry-more-virus-adults-study

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This flies completely in the face of all extant research on this topic to date. Who sponsored this study? The teacher's union?
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The study was conducted between March 23 and April 27 and led by Taylor Heald-Sargent of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.

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CHICAGO?   That toddling  town?  lol.   BOGUS. The common cold is coronavirus.