DC released data showing that 17% of the city's outbreaks are connected to schools. 13% to day cares. It was shocking, particularly since most schools are closed. But the data has so many caveats, is missing key details, and doesn't link spread to schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-released-data-showing-outbreaks-in-schools-it-did-not-show-that-cases-spread-in-classrooms/2020/12/08/763bc456-398a-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html

Of the many caveats: An outbreak is at least 2 cases at a location in 14 days. Cases don't need to be linked to qualify as an outbreak. A case reported at a location doesn't mean person contracted virus there. Schools report cases of staffers at buildings w/ no children on site

Restaurant outbreaks are likely undercounted in the data. It requires contact tracing -- which DC is struggling with -- to link customer cases to the restaurant. Schools and day cares are supposed to be reporting cases linked to parents, staffers and students at school.

DC isn't releasing school by school covid data like other states. They say it's b/c schools w/ cases could be ostracized , and fear it would discourage reporting data. So we don't know location of outbreaks, but from what we know, many are linked to staffers at closed schools

To sum this thread up: DC leaders released data showing that a startling 17 percent of the city's outbreaks are linked to schools, but today acknowledged that they are not seeing evidence of spread within DC school buildings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-released-data-showing-outbreaks-in-schools-it-did-not-show-that-cases-spread-in-classrooms/2020/12/08/763bc456-398a-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html