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According to this Washington Post article published in Feb, [url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2021/covid-children-deaths/[/url], 271 children died of Covid out of 3 million reported cases.  The 2019-2020 flu season reported 188 pediatric deaths from influenza, [url]https://www.cdc.gov/flu/spotlights/2019-2020/2019-20-pediatric-flu-deaths.htm#:~:text=LinkedIn-,2019%2D20%20Season's%20Pediatric%20Flu%20Deaths%20Tie%20High,Set%20During%202017%2D18%20Season&text=August%2021%2C%202020%20%E2%80%93%20CDC%20today,for%20last%20season%20to%20188.[/url].  What has changed since February is that a good portion of adults are now vaccinated, and community transmission rates are beginning to fall.  It is reasonable to expect that rates will be significantly lower by fall, and that many high-schoolers will also have been vaccinated by then.

Please look at the real numbers and real risk of Covid in children.  If you have been OK with children attending school during prior flu seasons, you should be OK with kids attending school in September.[/quote]

You do understand that one big difference between the flu and Covid is that there is a vaccine for the flu, right?  Because it sounds like you're saying that if I'm ok with giving my child the flu vaccine and sending my child to school during flu seasons, I should be ok with my child (who has NOT had the COVID vaccine) going to school this fall during a Covid pandemic?  That is so illogical.[/quote]
Only ~50% of children get the flu vaccine in any given year.  By fall, the Covid vaccine will have been made available to everyone over the age of 12.  If you are still uncomfortable sending your kids to school, then by all means take a distance learning option.  I am willing to take the small risk to give my kids the opportunity to have a normal school experience, which by fall they will not have had for 18 months.[/quote]

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