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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been pretty pro mask but it’s crazy to say that there isn’t a negative effect—it definitely makes it harder to understand the speaker.  For HS kids trying to absorb complicated subjects like AP physics it’s really tough!   My personal preference would be teachers unmasked when teaching if vaccinated.  I think that would be extremely low risk for a large educational benefit.  [/quote]

It’s not low risk when half the cases are vaccinated.   Teachers need better masks.  Maybe those kids are not ready for AP physics.  [/quote]

The share of breakthrough infections is the result of the high vaccination rate in populations that get symptomatic cases. It doesn’t really speak to the risk.[/quote]

No, which is why we need mandatory weekly testing to know the risk and spread. [/quote]

I'm not sure what you think would be practically actionable based on that information. Cases themselves aren't the problem- bad health outcomes are the problem. Since COVID is bound to be endemic, we're going to need to accept that.

If the in-school testing were to reveal a very small number of cases, then we'd conclude kids aren't at high-risk for infection and schools aren't high-risk for transmission. If the testing revealed higher than expected numbers, then we could conclude that the vast majority in schools are either protected via vaccination/prior infection, or they're simply not high-risk for serious complications. Either way, there's no problem to address.

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