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Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe
During the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), mitigation policies for children have been a topic of considerable uncertainty and debate. Although some children have co-morbidities which increase their risk for severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10411527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175444 |
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author | Soriano-Arandes, Antoni Brett, Ana Buonsenso, Danilo Emilsson, Louise de la Fuente Garcia, Isabel Gkentzi, Despoina Helve, Otto Kepp, Kasper P. Mossberg, Maria Muka, Taulant Munro, Alasdair Papan, Cihan Perramon-Malavez, Aida Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik Smeesters, Pierre R. Zimmermann, Petra |
author_facet | Soriano-Arandes, Antoni Brett, Ana Buonsenso, Danilo Emilsson, Louise de la Fuente Garcia, Isabel Gkentzi, Despoina Helve, Otto Kepp, Kasper P. Mossberg, Maria Muka, Taulant Munro, Alasdair Papan, Cihan Perramon-Malavez, Aida Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik Smeesters, Pierre R. Zimmermann, Petra |
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description | During the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), mitigation policies for children have been a topic of considerable uncertainty and debate. Although some children have co-morbidities which increase their risk for severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and complications such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome and long COVID, most children only get mild COVID-19. On the other hand, consistent evidence shows that mass mitigation measures had enormous adverse impacts on children. A central question can thus be posed: What amount of mitigation should children bear, in response to a disease that is disproportionally affecting older people? In this review, we analyze the distinct child versus adult epidemiology, policies, mitigation trade-offs and outcomes in children in Western Europe. The highly heterogenous European policies applied to children compared to adults did not lead to significant measurable differences in outcomes. Remarkably, the relative epidemiological importance of transmission from school-age children to other age groups remains uncertain, with current evidence suggesting that schools often follow, rather than lead, community transmission. Important learning points for future pandemics are summarized. |
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spelling | pubmed-104115272023-08-10 Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe Soriano-Arandes, Antoni Brett, Ana Buonsenso, Danilo Emilsson, Louise de la Fuente Garcia, Isabel Gkentzi, Despoina Helve, Otto Kepp, Kasper P. Mossberg, Maria Muka, Taulant Munro, Alasdair Papan, Cihan Perramon-Malavez, Aida Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik Smeesters, Pierre R. Zimmermann, Petra Front Public Health Public Health During the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), mitigation policies for children have been a topic of considerable uncertainty and debate. Although some children have co-morbidities which increase their risk for severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and complications such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome and long COVID, most children only get mild COVID-19. On the other hand, consistent evidence shows that mass mitigation measures had enormous adverse impacts on children. A central question can thus be posed: What amount of mitigation should children bear, in response to a disease that is disproportionally affecting older people? In this review, we analyze the distinct child versus adult epidemiology, policies, mitigation trade-offs and outcomes in children in Western Europe. The highly heterogenous European policies applied to children compared to adults did not lead to significant measurable differences in outcomes. Remarkably, the relative epidemiological importance of transmission from school-age children to other age groups remains uncertain, with current evidence suggesting that schools often follow, rather than lead, community transmission. Important learning points for future pandemics are summarized. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10411527/ /pubmed/37564427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175444 Text en Copyright © 2023 Soriano-Arandes, Brett, Buonsenso, Emilsson, de la Fuente Garcia, Gkentzi, Helve, Kepp, Mossberg, Muka, Munro, Papan, Perramon-Malavez, Schaltz-Buchholzer, Smeesters and Zimmermann. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Soriano-Arandes, Antoni Brett, Ana Buonsenso, Danilo Emilsson, Louise de la Fuente Garcia, Isabel Gkentzi, Despoina Helve, Otto Kepp, Kasper P. Mossberg, Maria Muka, Taulant Munro, Alasdair Papan, Cihan Perramon-Malavez, Aida Schaltz-Buchholzer, Frederik Smeesters, Pierre R. Zimmermann, Petra Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title | Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title_full | Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title_fullStr | Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title_full_unstemmed | Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title_short | Policies on children and schools during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Western Europe |
title_sort | policies on children and schools during the sars-cov-2 pandemic in western europe |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10411527/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37564427 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175444 |
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