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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s yesterday’s number.  Today’s is likely to be higher.

That said, is there evidence of omicron transmission in schools?[/quote]

Please don't start that again. Studies cannot separate school and community transmission. No study about school transmission has been able to withstand scrutiny because of confounding factors. It stands to reason that unmasked, elbow-to-elbow seating during daily lunch are super-spreader events with Omicron, which is 10 times more transmissible than Delta. So please just stop with that question.[b] Schools can safely open only when cases are low[/b]. They will have a hard time staying open now when positivity is over 20%. Whether it's system-wide, individual school closures, or granular classroom closures, we will have a very rocky January.

All parents can do is send in their children with KF94 masks, or N95 masks if their faces are adult-sized. 
If they are worried, they need to pull their children from lunch, or pull their children out entirely - unfortunately, that's reserved for people who can afford it.

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Are you genuinely arguing for permanent school closures for months every winter? That is what the bolded means in practice. Covid is permanently here.[/quote]

DP and also, keeping schools open is not solely about COVID.  That people in a county as highly educated as this one *still* think that’s the only relevant public health come is mind-boggling.[/quote]

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