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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Logically, I don't understand how all these reports people are posting that says schools mimic community transmission (or falls slightly under) but that the transmission comes from the community and not the school? I think restaurants and bars are spreaders because people obviously take masks off. But, how could a grocery store or nail salon be a bigger spreader than a school where kids and adults are more concentrated for a longer time? How can they know this with absolute certainty; especially without rigorous contact tracing?

There is evidence that kids are spreading it, so it just doesn't make sense for them to claim there is NO school spread, that all the school COVID is from the community. I wonder if this is because the community becomes more lax when school is in session?[/quote]

No one is claiming there's no school spread. They're saying that all available evidence suggests it occurs less frequently than in the community, even in the places that have broadly opened schools.[/quote]

SO, explain why schools are shutting down right now?[/quote]

They're mostly staying open in Europe. Particularly primary schools.  France only recently expanded their mask requirement to include young students.

And as I said, schools do cause some community spread. So yes, if/when things get bad enough it may be proper to close them. And perhaps we're already on the path that would require them to close.

But it's not rational to demand cases below 5/100,000 before we let students come back.[/quote]

Many countries in Europe are on lockdown.  We are not.  Your comparison makes no sense.  You can move to Europe.  [/quote]

They might be on tighter lockdowns, but their case numbers are similar.[/quote]

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