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Study finds children half as susceptible as adults to COVID-19 – Toronto Sun
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A new study suggests children are half as likely to be susceptible to COVID-19 as adults.
Researchers at Israel’s University of Haifa also found young people are also less likely to infect others, according to findings published in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.
Lead researcher Itai Dattner and his fellow colleagues used mathematical and statistical models to learn more about the susceptibility and infectivity of children.
The computational analysis focused on transmission patterns between age groups among 637 households in the dense city of Bnei Brak, Israel. Everyone in the study underwent PCR testing for active infection in the spring of 2020.
They found people under the age of 20 were only 43% as susceptible to the novel coronavirus as people over 20, and they had an infectivity rate – the ability of the virus to spread and infect another individual – of 63% compared to adults.
“When we began this research, understanding children’s role in transmission was a top priority, in connection with the question of reopening schools,” Dattner told EurekAlert. “It was exciting to work in a large, multidisciplinary team, which was assembled by the Israeli Ministry of Health to address this topic rapidly.”
Researchers suggested further studies were needed to determine who was infecting whom in the household, and to study other indoor settings like nursing homes and schools.
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@juanhall: I gotta say, this was the most interesting bike in this post….love that Intense is experimenting with gearboxes…I can see it have a huge effect on DH bikes….thank god there’s still people pushing things. Now, they need to make an Enduro bike with the Pinion MGU!
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The City of Pointe-Claire would like to inform you that the Bob-Birnie arena will be closed for its annual maintenance as of Monday, April 29. The Annex rink will reopen to the public on Monday, May 13, and the arena’s Main rink will be accessible as of Monday, June 3.
Public skating will resume on May 13, and the summer public activities programming will begin on June 3 when both rinks have reopened to the public.
In addition to the annual maintenance of the facility, two renovation projects are also scheduled to start at the same time:
Installation of new sound systems
The City will be replacing its current sound systems in both the Main rink and Annex rink, to offer arena visitors a better overall experience, whether watching from the stands or participating in on-ice activities. This project is expected to be conducted throughout the month of May.
Renovation of locker rooms in the Main Rink
The City will also be renovating the five locker rooms located in the Main rink, to bring up to date the amenities currently available to participants. These renovations are expected to begin in early May and will be completed by mid-August.
For all information about the Bob-Birnie arena, visit the arena’s page on our website.
We haven’t seen a new iPad in years, but Apple seems likely to change that in just a few weeks. All signs point to the release of new iPad models in the first week of May.
Apple CEO Tim Cook posted this GIF for the virtual event to X on Tuesday morning.
This morning, I received an email invite for a virtual Apple event, scheduled for May 7 at 7 a.m. PT (10 a.m. ET). The invite, which says “Let Loose,” shows a drawing of a hand holding an Apple Pencil. Considering the iPad is the only device that uses the Pencil — that doesn’t leave much to the imagination.
Apple’s been expected to release new OLED-screened iPad Pros with newly designed Pencils and Magic Keyboard cases. New iPad Airs are also expected, including a larger-screened 12.9-inch model. Apple’s iPad Air lineup tends to be slightly redesigned versions of previous-model iPad Pros, so just look to the M2 iPad Pro lineup for a sense of what the next Airs could be. These would be the first new iPads since the iPad Pro M2 model arrived in late 2022.
Watch this: What to Expect at Apple’s May 7 iPad Event
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