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[quote=Anonymous]By the fall everyone 16 years of age and older will have the option to have been vaccinated. This means all the Teachers, all the Staff, all the Volunteers, and some of the students.

The trials for kids are 12-15 have been under way for a while. Preliminary results showed that there was 100% efficacy in preventing illness, hospitalization, and death in the kids who were vaccinated. 18 unvaccinated kids in the control group did get COVID. There were 2,000 kids in the study, I think it was 2,200 actually. I suspect that the vaccine will be approved for 12 and above before the fall and Middle School kids and up should have the ability to be vaccinated.

There are trials under way for infants to 11 as I type. I suspect that they will move quickly since they have data from other groups and can extrapolate a certain amount. While I don't think they will be able to vaccinate ES kids in the fall, I suspect that will be available by Winter Break. ES have not gotten sick at the same rate as older kids or adults. The kids who have gotten sick have tended to be mild. A small number have died but not a number that is particularly scary to me as a parent.

HS and MS should be able to return with very little worries. ES kids will probably need to wear masks. But community transmission should be drastically reduced as the number of vaccinated adults and teens increases. This reduces the chances of younger kids to get and spread COVID. With vaccines and lower community spread, COVID becomes a new flu type bug. Hospitals will be better prepared to treat those who get sick but most people should be fine. We will probably need an annual COVID shot, like the flu shot, but we don't know that quite yet.
 
I received the pneumonia vaccine when it was first released because I had pneumonia twice in a 4 month period. I got the vaccine every year for 3 years before they realized that it was effective for a longer period of time. I think I get it once every 5 years now. The COVID vaccine could end up being the same thing. We don't know yet.

But schools will be back full time in the fall.  [/quote]

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