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NC schools experience:
11 districts data; ~100k
in person school
Aug to Oct 2020
NC had 1-2 cases per 1k pop (that's brisk)
733 community acq cases
If schools' transmission mirrored the state
Expected 800+ cases in school
Actual:
32 in school transmissions
Thoughts
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I really don't know what to say
America has few opportunities for kids who are born poor, school has long been one of them
Other countries recognize that schools provide upward mobility, detect child abuse, provide a hot meal, educate kids, allow them to develop socially
While the European union has bent over backwards to open schools, in the US we have seen massive school opposition
The schools that are open are not based on scientific factors (rate of transmission/ hospitalization), but by political factors (do they hate trump - close; strong unions - closed)
The mantra used is that schools are a threat to kids and teachers
Recently the Swedish experience came out and that showed that schools are remarkably safe
It showed incredibly low risks to students and teachers from open schools (without even
11 districts data; ~100k
in person school
Aug to Oct 2020
NC had 1-2 cases per 1k pop (that's brisk)
733 community acq cases
If schools' transmission mirrored the state
Expected 800+ cases in school
Actual:
32 in school transmissions
Thoughts
[thread]
I really don't know what to say
America has few opportunities for kids who are born poor, school has long been one of them
Other countries recognize that schools provide upward mobility, detect child abuse, provide a hot meal, educate kids, allow them to develop socially
While the European union has bent over backwards to open schools, in the US we have seen massive school opposition
The schools that are open are not based on scientific factors (rate of transmission/ hospitalization), but by political factors (do they hate trump - close; strong unions - closed)
The mantra used is that schools are a threat to kids and teachers
Recently the Swedish experience came out and that showed that schools are remarkably safe
It showed incredibly low risks to students and teachers from open schools (without even
REAL data on schools from Sweden
— Dr. Vinay Prasad MD MPH, Associate Professor (@VPrasadMDMPH) January 7, 2021
Schools open Mar-June
2 mil kids
No MASK
Soc distancing
No HVAC renos
No change in death for kids
15 -> ICU
0 deaths from COVID
RR of being teacher & requiring ICU for covid
= 1.10 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.49 to 2.49
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