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Schools Should Reopen
(Thread — 1/12)
(Thread — 1/12)
Psychiatrist Mark McDonald who specializes in children, at risk youth rebukes “negligent” parents “paralyzed” by their own irrational fear: “Children are not dying from Covid-19. Children are not passing the disease on to adults." (2/12)
https://ocde.us/Board/Documents/2020%20Agendas/Special%20Meeting%20Agenda%2007.13.2020.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pc9orhgEEwW2iW3L4QCoSnQYuHlcE-Gp2AbPeH4ZhSqcuTeuDOzpBIUc
https://ocde.us/Board/Documents/2020%20Agendas/Special%20Meeting%20Agenda%2007.13.2020.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2pc9orhgEEwW2iW3L4QCoSnQYuHlcE-Gp2AbPeH4ZhSqcuTeuDOzpBIUc
Schools are open in Sweden, closed in Finland.
Researchers conclude "closure or not of schools had no measurable direct impact on the number of laboratory confirmed cases in school-aged children in Finland or Sweden." (3/12)
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2fwrNyQtDpyB5h2jFCXcdvnzpGTOuNuBOpYq0BOwd0PPh4XF_W-q76Zqg
Researchers conclude "closure or not of schools had no measurable direct impact on the number of laboratory confirmed cases in school-aged children in Finland or Sweden." (3/12)
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/contentassets/c1b78bffbfde4a7899eb0d8ffdb57b09/covid-19-school-aged-children.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2fwrNyQtDpyB5h2jFCXcdvnzpGTOuNuBOpYq0BOwd0PPh4XF_W-q76Zqg
Dr. Scott Atlas says there's "zero risk for children getting something serious or dying from this disease." US only country not opening schools. It's "absurd,”
“Look at the science. I’m saying use critical thinking and logic.” (4/12) https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/15/stanford-doctor-scott-atlas-says-the-science-shows-kids-should-go-back-to-school/?fbclid=IwAR217Shbdm6BugpLlTUox4v7AbUarlX2umfX5BMLFWQ6IxfU4GDm8-TalAg
“Look at the science. I’m saying use critical thinking and logic.” (4/12) https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/15/stanford-doctor-scott-atlas-says-the-science-shows-kids-should-go-back-to-school/?fbclid=IwAR217Shbdm6BugpLlTUox4v7AbUarlX2umfX5BMLFWQ6IxfU4GDm8-TalAg
German study concludes "that children may serve as a 'brake' on virus infection chains, and say the results show that the virus doesn’t spread easily in schools." (5/12) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/german-study-no-evidence-coronavirus-spreads-in-schools?fbclid=IwAR184nr7AIqusF4iz_GuP_bh939Q9EI3qRAo9LsB8Bkzt23g_uNsZtjd_Qo
Responses:
1. I would let my kids go back to school
2. I will, my kids are looking forward to it
3. Absolutely, as much as I can. Without hesitation, yes
4. I have no concerns about sending my child to school in the fall
5. Yes. Period. Absolutely (6/12) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/absolutely-reopen-schools-5-of-5-pediatricians-would-send-their-kids-back-to-class
1. I would let my kids go back to school
2. I will, my kids are looking forward to it
3. Absolutely, as much as I can. Without hesitation, yes
4. I have no concerns about sending my child to school in the fall
5. Yes. Period. Absolutely (6/12) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/absolutely-reopen-schools-5-of-5-pediatricians-would-send-their-kids-back-to-class
“So far, we haven’t heard anything negative about the reopening of schools, but it is probably too early to have final conclusions on that.” (7/12) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/22-eu-member-states-have-not-seen-a-spike-in-coronavirus-cases-in-schools-after-reopening
And for the teachers out there concerned about going back to school. The science shows that children are NOT transmission vectors. It's the other way around. (8/12) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-known-case-of-teacher-catching-coronavirus-from-pupils-says-scientist-3zk5g2x6z?fbclid=IwAR2gNTTf8SA_ycKPk8m0MWR-nEr7xzbSVJ8VgE4SFs9SlVNGZ7QPt0WwWCU
From Swedish study: “It would appear that their role in transmitting Covid-19 isn’t at all as big as with other respiratory infections, such as influenza,…” (9/12) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-19/covid-s-spread-in-schools-is-questioned-in-latest-nordic-study
Any talk of keeping schools closed must include a cost-benefit analysis. The costs are minimal but the benefits to reopening are many. (10/12) https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/07/18/the-risks-of-keeping-schools-closed-far-outweigh-the-benefits
Even the Academy of American Pediatrics says focus on the science, not politics. Kids should be physically present in schools. (11/12)
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/
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/
The Boston Globe lays out the case including costs and benefits and makes it very clear: listen to the science and reopen:
"Unfortunately, little of this evidence is figuring into the current polarized political conversation. But it should." (12/12) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/20/opinion/listen-science-reopen-schools/
"Unfortunately, little of this evidence is figuring into the current polarized political conversation. But it should." (12/12) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/20/opinion/listen-science-reopen-schools/
