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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even daycares have kicked out families who didn’t obey the rules. Private anything can do that. Unfortunately public schools cannot, which is why it isn’t unreasonable to ask for surveillance testing even every couple of weeks if that what it takes to get kids back into buildings.[/quote]

My guess is that if you did surveillance testing you would find a lot of kids who are asymptomatic and testing positive.[/quote]

That’s not what NYC found with their surveillance testing. Goodness. It’s not June anymore.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/study-finds-strong-evidence-of-low-covid-transmission-in-nyc-schools/2935383/%3famp
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Perhaps I misunderstood 'surveillance testing'.  I thought it meant random testing of students.
This paper appears to be testing of students who were in contact with exposed students.  
I am not arguing that schools cause COVID spread.  I am suggesting that many kids would test positive if tested.
This was a large scale testing so that would apply, though it's not all students. However, NYC had its surge early.  
The kids may have already cleared it.

Another thing to clarify, by 'a lot of kids' I don't mean 10%, 20%.  I think that many have been infected and asymptomatic, and will continue
to do so, but at any point in time it will be much smaller, but much higher than the schools' reported numbers.

Maybe tens of students in a school on average.[/quote]

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