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Although studies may exist, I know of two cases among friends here in London where children did pass it on to adults, their parents. In one, our good friend, the one and a half year old toddler had a mild cough and a moderate temperature, much like a cold. She then caught it and because her brother is a doctor, got a test immediately, which was positive. She's in her late 30s and recovered after some scary days, but nothing that made her go to hospital.
I've be vey interesting to read the Swiss study of course, since I've got one and another on the way, and the 3 yr old will be heading back to nursery soon. There is no distancing of under fives.
I understand your concern, but how is it known the toddler caught the illness first or that they weren't infected by different sources.
This is from April 20th https://patient.info/news-and-features/ ... -they-last :
It is not always possible to know when people were first infected, especially if they may have received several 'doses' of virus.
There seems to be significant variation in the length of time it takes people to develop symptoms.
Some countries only test (and confirm) coronavirus in people with severe infection, and it's not known if the incubation period for people with critical/severe/moderate/mild infection is different.
It's thought that many people do not develop symptoms (they are 'asymptomatic') so there are no symptoms to count back from.
However, one study has looked at confirmed cases from 50 provinces, regions and countries outside Wuhan, where it was possible to identify a single source of infection. They found that:
The median incubation period (half of all cases occur before this time and half after) was 5.1 days.
97.5% of people who develop symptoms will have got them within 11.5 days.
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The idea of getting several doses of the virus from different sources seems to have merit.
I seriously question data and numbers provided by China (and Pennsylvania!) and perhaps these doctors do to, and the study is accurate.
Sure. It's always possible. In this case it really does point fairly certainly to the toddler as the source of the virus for the mother.
They are in our nursery but in the lower age room. We took our daughter out a week before the schools closed since my work had transitioned to home already. They stayed in another 3 days of the following week. They then packed up and travelled to the country house they'd been fixing up. Just the three, mum, dad and toddler.
About five days after arriving, the toddler became sick. He was sick for about 4-5 days, but very mildly. The mother became sick after his symptoms tapered off. Just a little cough, then a slight temperature and she was mild for about 5 days. Her brother the doctor got a test for her which was positive. It seemed to begin to get better, then after another two days got worse. Felt like it moved to her chest. The brother prescribed her antibiotics and after about three more days she began to feel better and the cough tapered off.
So unless she caught it from an independent source and her incubation was very long, it sure seems like it came from the toddler.
Good information! Was the baby tested or presumptive?
However, I would point out her incubation would only have to have been above the median...not nec long.
; Julia Child
