Outbreaks in Schools
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Anonymous
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Not sure if this has been posted here before. State of MD has a dashboard that traces cases in schools that are opened.
https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/school-resources?fbclid=IwAR0OdDHqmWkl041qVrz8sXzJozDwFgkT0cALCuCCNgaH7ySilOBJw0lAGtI MoCo has 2 cases out of many schools open. |
Anonymous
This is probably the wrong forum since it's not MCPS related but it's an interesting link. St. Andrew's Episcopal School Montgomery County 2 11/5/2020 |
Anonymous
I wonder what the requirements are for reporting since I know that both St John's and Stone Ridge are going to all virtual this week because of cases. |
Anonymous
Were they open for in person? So he infected someone else at the school or a friend too? |
Anonymous
The data has not been updated since 11/5 so it lags behind. Schools notify department of health of all possible Covid like cases. So anyone with cough and 1 more symptom has to be reported, positive or negative or pending COVID case. |
Anonymous
They are in person. |
Anonymous
| If I'm remembering correctly, an "outbreak" means 2 or more people in the same school from different families. So it could be two siblings in one family, which does not constitute an outbreak, or one kid or one faculty member, which also does not constitute an outbreak. |
Anonymous
If you scroll down, it describes the cases listed in the dashboard. Schools listed meet 1 or more of the following criteria: 1) At least two confirmed COVID-19 cases among students/teachers/staff within a 14-day period and who are epidemiologically linked, but not household contacts; or 2) Three or more classrooms or cohorts with cases from separate households that meet the classroom/cohort outbreak definition that occurs within 14 days; or 3) Five percent or more unrelated students/teachers/staff have confirmed COVID-19 within a 14 day period (minimum of 10 unrelated students/teachers/staff). |
Anonymous
| How far back does it go? Because a yeshiva high school in Baltimore had 50+ cases at the beginning of October and I saw no mention of it anywhere. |
Anonymous
Because they don't routinely or randomly test kids that are often asymptomatic this data isn't that meaningful. |
Anonymous
| Not true. Our school requires all kids and staff to test every two week. There are other schools doing similarly. |
Anonymous
It describes it in the metrics. It’s 14 days and they are tracking active cases. |
Anonymous
The stone ridge case doesn’t seem to be confirmed at least per the forum just that they are switching to DL. And isn’t St John in DC? |
Anonymous
Well then are any COVID data meaningful? If you aren’t getting major outbreaks at a school one way or the other that are translating to detectable infections in family members or staff, the asymptotic super spreader theory from kids clearly isn’t the public health threat people think it is so it’s mostly likely a bunch of bunk. |
Anonymous
There are no requirements for public reporting, which is one of the reasons teachers are reluctant to go back. I believe WaPo did a story a few weeks ago about this exact issue. There are no reporting requirements for any DC area district except Loudon. |