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What’s your prediction around schools? Vaccination rates are much lower, many kids aren’t eligible for vaccines, and it is a bit of a hot house environment with

by idoh 5y ago

What’s your prediction around schools? Vaccination rates are much lower, many kids aren’t eligible for vaccines, and it is a bit of a hot house environment with lots of children packed into a small area. So does school return too? Just curious what the thinking is here.

thorin 5y ago
What happens in schools in the US? I had the idea that in California schools are partially open, but in other places like Texas they are now fully open. In the UK schools have been fully open since Feb, except that bubble in schools have to isolate for 10 days if they have close contact with someone with the virus, which is pretty frustrating. This is expected to change again in August to be less restrictive, ready for school opening in September.
- toast0 5y ago
  Right now, most US schools are on the regularly scheduled summer break. Full opening guidance came pretty late in the school year, so many districts finished based in where they were in early 2021. Starting dates vary, but generally schools will start their new school year in early September. That's when we'll really see what happens. But I'd expect most school districts to be doing full time in-person learning based on US CDC recommendations; many districts will likely make an optional online program available, but I doubt there will be many districts doing widespread online only or hybrids like we saw in the 2020-2021 school year.
taf2 5y ago
Consider covid has almost zero impact on children [1] and teachers are almost all vaccinated [2] - it would be pretty bad not to have the kids back in school I also would imagine it’s highly like the 20% of teachers not vaccinated probably had covid already…( just my guess) 1. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-babies-and-children https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... 2. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0406-teachers-staff-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0406-teachers-staff...

by idoh 5y ago

thorin 5y ago

What happens in schools in the US? I had the idea that in California schools are partially open, but in other places like Texas they are now fully open. In the UK schools have been fully open since Feb, except that bubble in schools have to isolate for 10 days if they have close contact with someone with the virus, which is pretty frustrating. This is expected to change again in August to be less restrictive, ready for school opening in September.

toast0 5y ago
Right now, most US schools are on the regularly scheduled summer break. Full opening guidance came pretty late in the school year, so many districts finished based in where they were in early 2021. Starting dates vary, but generally schools will start their new school year in early September. That's when we'll really see what happens. But I'd expect most school districts to be doing full time in-person learning based on US CDC recommendations; many districts will likely make an optional online program available, but I doubt there will be many districts doing widespread online only or hybrids like we saw in the 2020-2021 school year.

taf2 5y ago

Consider covid has almost zero impact on children [1] and teachers are almost all vaccinated [2] - it would be pretty bad not to have the kids back in school I also would imagine it’s highly like the 20% of teachers not vaccinated probably had covid already…( just my guess) 1. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-babies-and-children https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas... 2. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0406-teachers-staff-vaccine.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0406-teachers-staff...