A Look at DESE's Cited Sources: Footnote #69 - Age specificity of cases and attack rate of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

DESE Claim: "In one study from Japan, 7.2% of exposed male children ages 0-19 and 3.8% of exposed female children tested positive for COVID-19, compared to 22.2% of exposed males ages 20-59 and 21.9% of exposed females ages 20-59"

Cited Source: Mizumoto, K., Omori, R., & Nishiura, H. Age specificity of cases and attack rate of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). medRxiv 2020. Available at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.09.20033142v1

Peer Reviewed?: No - pre print letter to the editor

Study Methodology: Analysis of public health data

Notes: The study examined domestically acquired cases of COVID-19 in Japan. "What our short analysis shows is that children are less likely to be diagnosed as cases, and moreover, the risk of disease given exposure among children appears to be low." 

Supports DESE Claim?: Yes.