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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The AAP isn't saying schools should open in person because it's safe.  They are saying that the goal should be to open in person because they think that's what's best for kids.  It's goal-oriented reasoning.  They aren't epidemiologists, they're pediatricians.  So their input about kids and child development is probably great, but their input about novel infectious diseases is less compelling.  [/quote]

No, they're basing it on the available data on how the virus spreads among kids:

[b]"SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based. Although children and adolescents play a major role in amplifying influenza outbreaks, to date, this does not appear to be the case with SARS-CoV-2. Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection."[/b][/quote]

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