If children contract #covid19 at school, they could bring the virus home to higher risk adults. Our new piece estimates the number of kids & adults 65+ living together in multigenerational households.
https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/millions-of-seniors-live-in-households-with-school-age-children/ @jenkatesdc https://twitter.com/matthew_t_rae/status/1283725315001311233
3.3 million people age 65 or older live with school-age children and could be at heightened risk of COVID-19 if kids bring the virus home and 4.1 million school age children live with adults 65+.
#ReopeningSchools
Older people of color are significantly more likely to live with a school-age child compared to their White counterparts: 17% of Hispanic older adults, 13% of AIAN older adults, 11% Black older adults (compared with 4% of older White adults) lives with a school-age child.
It is still unclear how frequently children transmit the virus to others. Children are not the main source of infection in communities, but transmission from children does occur. https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/15/politifact-what-we-know-what-we-dont-about-coronavirus-and-children/
PolitiFact: What we know, what we don’t about coronavirus and children

Children make up a small percentage of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/15/politifact-what-we-know-what-we-dont-about-coronavirus-and-children/
We are already starting to see reports of daycare-associated outbreaks. In NY, an asymptomatic child in a daycare is the likely source for a cluster that now "includes six children at the child care, one sibling, seven parents and two grandmothers."
https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/07/at-least-16-sick-after-coronavirus-exposure-at-dewitt-in-home-day-care-take-this-seriously-stay-home-if-sick-at-all.html
As always, the best way to reduce the risks of #ReopeningSchools is to reduce the overall level of community transmission. Where there is a significant level of transmission, the risk of school or daycare associated outbreaks is present.
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