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>"But the risk for children getting sick at school and bringing it back to their parents very much not does not play out like the flu." I don't think this is t
by stakkur 5y ago
>"But the risk for children getting sick at school and bringing it back to their parents very much not does not play out like the flu."
I don't think this is true, and I'd be interested to see data that backs up that claim. On that topic, here's a thoughtful article that dives into claims like that:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/the-kids-were-safe-from-covid-the-whole-time.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/the-kids-were-safe-f...
My wife has been a public school teacher for 21 years, and has the same concerns and fears as anyone. Teachers, like other humans, have a spectrum of beliefs, concerns, and experiences.
- dv_dt 5y agoThere have been studies that confirmed it with the older Covid strains which were less transferable than even delta, let alone Omicron. With increased transfer rates it becomes an even more viable vector. The article you quote says this “ Once you get to a certain point of community infection rates, it does look like being in-person … is associated with COVID spread in the community,” said Katharine Strunk, an author of the study and professor at Michigan State University.” We are back to high community infection rates with omicron.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoThe new variants are more contagious but less deadly, so the situation is probably better now.
- kcplate 5y ago> There have been studies that confirmed it with the older Covid strains which were less transferable than even delta, let alone Omicron. With increased transfer rates it becomes an even more viable vector Please cite some. No offense but after nearly 2 years of constant rumor about this virus, the treatments, the vaccines, etc… when I see: “there are studies that show (fill in the blank)” with no studies cited—-I assume hearsay.