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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So now maybe it is the Democrats that don’t believe in data??[/quote]

I'm a Democrat, and a teacher, and a parent of school aged children.

I definitely believe that data show that will a LOT of appropriate measures taken, schools can be run so that they are not large contributors of spread of COVID in a community.   They are not nearly as dangerous as indoor dining, or bars and nightclubs, or church services where people are singing.

In the schools where this study was carried out, community spread was low to begin with.  And the following measures were taken:

-daily screening of students and staff, 
- compliance with mask wearing for students and adults
-public reporting of COVID-19 cases, 
-efficient contact tracing, 
-collaboration with local health departments, 
-regular updates for students and staff, 
-school principal encouragement to adhere to the measures and report breaches in protocol, 
- detailed scheduling of all parts of the school day, 
definitive plans for special-needs students
- opening using a hybrid model of in-person and remote learning
- close contacts of positives were quarantined for 14 days.

Most of us in the education field do not have faith that these measures will in fact be carried out in a real world situation, especially not when community spread is high.  We believe what will happen is positive cases will not be reported; or the definition of "close contacts" will be curtailed.  I am hearing of many schools where as long as students are wearing a mask in a classroom, they are by definition not considered to be a close contact of anyone who tests positive because it is presumed that masks are 100% effective at preventing spread.

One question I have is how students were selected for COVID testing.  We know that many, many young children can be COVID positive while showing absolutely no symptoms.  So unless they were testing students randomly (and I don't read in the report that they did) how did they know which students were actually positive?

For example, say Mrs. Smith, 2nd grade teacher, came down with COVID symptoms and was tested and was positive.   Did they then test all the students in her class to see if any students could have given her COVID?   Because if the students had no symptoms, how would they otherwise be tested?

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