Why are pediatricians suggesting we have "goal of having students physically present in school?"
Trade-offs.
Schools, for example, provide food to millions of food insecure kids. #tweetiatrician @AmerAcadPeds
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/
Trade-offs.
Schools, for example, provide food to millions of food insecure kids. #tweetiatrician @AmerAcadPeds
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/
Importantly, @AmerAcadPeds isn't saying we must do this ... it's saying we should prioritize it. This may look different in different communities based upon #COVID19 spread.
We should be prioritizing kids, schools. Check out this piece by @drJoshS https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/coronavirus-schools.html
We should be prioritizing kids, schools. Check out this piece by @drJoshS https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/opinion/coronavirus-schools.html
Also in @nytimes this piece by @DanaGoldstein with Sean O'Leary, an author of this guidance. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/coronavirus-schools-reopening-guidelines-aap.html
When we talk about schools re-opening, it's about prioritizing kids in our #COVID19 policies, about tradeoffs.
This is evolving. Recommendations will evolve as the pandemic changes. The longer this goes, the more complex the challenges will be.
This is evolving. Recommendations will evolve as the pandemic changes. The longer this goes, the more complex the challenges will be.