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Very important piece in the @washingtonpost about the state of the current evidence on #schoolclosures.
1) For elementary school students, the prevalence of #covid in kids is THE SAME for students attending in-person school versus remote school. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/20/health-202-evidence-doesnt-support-closing-schools-stop-coronavirus/
1) For elementary school students, the prevalence of #covid in kids is THE SAME for students attending in-person school versus remote school. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/20/health-202-evidence-doesnt-support-closing-schools-stop-coronavirus/
2) Keeping kids out of school does not protect them, it hurts them. Increasing literacy gaps, achievement gaps, and now data from the UK about loss of basic skills: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/report-children-lose-basic-skills-under-virus-restrictions/2020/11/10/92a86a2c-235f-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html
3) This all in addition to evidence about the differential impact on women. The long-term economic consequences are going to be devastating: https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/11/06/women-workforce-jobs-report/
4) But it's not just mothers- alcohol use up generally among parents: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/11/09/parents-alcohol-consumption-covid/
5) We got good news about #covidvaccines this week - but kids and parents are suffering. The #covidvaccine won't be widely distributed this academic year, but the evidence increasingly tells us: the kids need to be in school, for the safety and well-being of all.
