A new study of half of the nation's claims data found that among children 0-18 with NO comorbid conditions there were ZERO Covid deaths in the U.S.: https://www.fairhealth.org/article/fair-health-releases-second-study-on-covid-19 All 165 kids who died from Covid to date likely had a pre-existing condition @WestHealth @HopkinsKids

We have to balance the Covid risk to kids & staff with the harm from kids being deprived of school communities, school learning, school nutrition, school mental health counseling/help from child abuse, suicide, and substance abuse. @AmerAcadPeds made good points in their guidance

Every school is different, each with its own background rate of infection and each with different alternatives to school, i.e. poverty & risks of child abuse, substance abuse. Santa Barbara county is NOT inner-city Baltimore. We should consider all data points as Europe has done

Kids have been dead last in the re-opening lineup and often first to closure. Reason=> Kids don't vote. They need a voice. Adults get their restaurants & gyms while kids suffer despite the evidence that classrooms are not a source of superspreading--Ironically it's often the home

There is no single universal answer to the school issue, every locale needs to consider the feasibility of de-densifying the classroom, poding, getting good HEPA ventilation, protecting at-risk kids, bus drivers & school staff & how much infection is in the community.

Let's tone down the social media rhetoric on this topic. Let's build a consensus on the data and the MANY factors that change day-to-day in this difficult time: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/ @ScottGottliebMD @WilliamJBennett @NSTA @usedgov @NSBAPublicEd @PSWORKS @privateschool @ZDoggMD