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Dr. John Campbell · Yesterday · 15 min

Long covid after vaccination

Can the vaccinated develop long Covid? and Babies and toddlers, infectivity risk? Most data collected so far in the unvaccinated, 10% + Israeli health care workers https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109072 Among 1,497 vaccinated health care workers (Alpha variant times) 39 (2.6%) developed breakthrough infections All infected after contact with an unvaccinated person Most breakthrough, mild or asymptomatic Seven out of 36 workers (19%), still had persistent symptoms at 6 weeks Seven out of 1,497 is 1 in 213 HCWs Babies and toddlers, infectivity risk? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2783022?guestAccessKey=52a9e0cf-bc64-4ec0-a945-49fd1373950f&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=081621 Public Health Ontario, based on positive tests, June 1 to December 31, 2020 N = 6,280 households, household index case under 18 Less likely to bring the coronavirus into the home than teenagers Once infected more likely to spread to others Adjusted odds of household transmission by children aged 0 to 3 years was 1.43 Compared with children aged 14 to 17 years Require lots of hands-on care and cannot be isolated when sick (Behavioural spread rather than biological) Zoe Hyde, epidemiologist, University of Western Australia This study showed that even the youngest of children readily transmit the virus The key takeaway for me is that it clearly shows that there’s transmission from children occurring in the household This means we urgently need to think about how we’re going to protect schools when they reopen shortly Early observations distorted by few social contacts during that time Germany https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/16/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine?type=styln-live-updates&label=coronavirus%20updates&index=0&action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Independent standing commission on vaccination Recommends vaccines for 12 to 17 year olds Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna approved for children 12 and older (US, 12 to 15s since mid-May) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Can the vaccinated develop long Covid? and Babies and toddlers, infectivity risk? Most data collected so far in the unvaccinated, 10% + Israeli health care workers https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109072 Among 1,497 vaccinated health care workers (Alpha variant times) 39 (2.6%) developed breakthrough infections All infected after contact with an unvaccinated person Most breakthrough, mild or asymptomatic Seven out of 36 workers (19%), still had persistent symptoms at 6 weeks Seven out of 1,497 is 1 in 213 HCWs Babies and toddlers, infectivity risk? https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2783022?guestAccessKey=52a9e0cf-bc64-4ec0-a945-49fd1373950f&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=081621 Public Health Ontario, based on positive tests, June 1 to December 31, 2020 N = 6,280 households, household index case under 18 Less likely to bring the coronavirus into the home than teenagers Once infected more likely to spread to others Adjusted odds of household transmission by children aged 0 to 3 years was 1.43 Compared with children aged 14 to 17 years Require lots of hands-on care and cannot be isolated when sick (Behavioural spread rather than biological) Zoe Hyde, epidemiologist, University of Western Australia This study showed that even the youngest of children readily transmit the virus The key takeaway for me is that it clearly shows that there’s transmission from children occurring in the household This means we urgently need to think about how we’re going to protect schools when they reopen shortly Early observations distorted by few social contacts during that time Germany https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/16/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine?type=styln-live-updates&label=coronavirus%20updates&index=0&action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Independent standing commission on vaccination Recommends vaccines for 12 to 17 year olds Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna approved for children 12 and older (US, 12 to 15s since mid-May)

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