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Maybe its the norm in US, but in Europe kids are very much going to school even if overall the society in given state is close to standstill. Not claiming every

Maybe its the norm in US, but in Europe kids are very much going to school even if overall the society in given state is close to standstill. Not claiming every single state is like that here over the pond (situation evolves), but most are. Even in most infectious region per 100k citizen in last 14 days - canton Geneva in Switzerland, schools are running open, so are kindergartens. Doesn't make much sense, I know. But on the other side at least for us we are not skipping nay vaccinations, nor for us (mainly flu) nor for out 11 month old kiddo.

InitialLastName 6y ago
Some amount of in-person-schooling-as-necessary-function makes a lot of sense. We know that kids under 10 are very unlikely to transmit Covid, and younger kids are also the least able to thrive in a remote learning environment. My SO is currently teaching second grade (7-8 year olds) remote, and I get nightmares just imagining trying to keep 7-year-old me staring at a teacher on a computer screen (that was a difficult enough task in person). If you can orchestrate your staff in such a way that they're in limited contact with one another (maybe specials suffer) you can probably teach younger kids safely.
- MereInterest 6y ago
  > We know that kids under 10 are very unlikely to transmit Covid Source? My impression was that very few cases of transmission from young kids were observed, precisely because they were isolated. The adults might bring Covid into the house and spread it to the entire household, but the kids staying home means they can only get it from the adults. Nothing about being intrinsically less contagious, and everything about having an environment that minimizes contact.
  - zaroth 6y ago
    In MA, where most schools are in a hybrid (part time) model, there has been “maybe 1” case of confirmed transmission of COVID in schools.

InitialLastName 6y ago

Some amount of in-person-schooling-as-necessary-function makes a lot of sense. We know that kids under 10 are very unlikely to transmit Covid, and younger kids are also the least able to thrive in a remote learning environment. My SO is currently teaching second grade (7-8 year olds) remote, and I get nightmares just imagining trying to keep 7-year-old me staring at a teacher on a computer screen (that was a difficult enough task in person). If you can orchestrate your staff in such a way that they're in limited contact with one another (maybe specials suffer) you can probably teach younger kids safely.

MereInterest 6y ago
> We know that kids under 10 are very unlikely to transmit Covid Source? My impression was that very few cases of transmission from young kids were observed, precisely because they were isolated. The adults might bring Covid into the house and spread it to the entire household, but the kids staying home means they can only get it from the adults. Nothing about being intrinsically less contagious, and everything about having an environment that minimizes contact.
- zaroth 6y ago
  In MA, where most schools are in a hybrid (part time) model, there has been “maybe 1” case of confirmed transmission of COVID in schools.