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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The things that experts are recommending for the &lt; 12s in relation to delta are:

1) vaccination of anyone around kids (focused largely on parents and other family, but easily this includes the school workforce, daycares, etc)
2) masks in schools 
3) hand washing
4) ventilation in schools

No one is suggesting that schools close, because there are higher risks to schools closing to kids.

To me what I'd push for in terms of policy that is actually under the government's control, is school workforce vaccination, as that probably goes the furthest in protecting kids.  At least in DC we have mandated masking already, so that's not the political fight.
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They’re also recommending asymptomatic testing, which in modeling showed a 20% drop in transmission. So of those five things, DCPS is doing one? Two? Will the bathrooms have soap this year? Does hand washing even matter at this point?[/quote]

Are you referring to the original model from this OP post?  That suggests an additional 5% drop from testing (in the context of masks).  Are you looking at something else?

I too am puzzled by a recommendation about hand washing (that was from the Kline video earlier).  I thought that we were pretty sure this is isn’t spread via surfaces. (Not that hand washing is a bad thing, and certainly there should be soap in bathrooms — WTF?!).[/quote]

There should be soap, disinfecting etc. Kids spread a lot of things when these are not available, and any cough, sniffle or fever will add to Covid anxiety (is it? isn't it?) and should be minimized. Second, flu vaccine and flu prevention--flu can lead to deadly outcomes + pneumonia in children. Any cleanliness and disease mitigation is not just for Covid and should be in place in all schools forever-more. It already should have been  :evil: [/quote]

Agree! Especially for the dreaded norovirus. Hoping for less of that in the future.[/quote]

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