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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only about half of US schools are in person right now.  Also research shows that schools are more likely to be in person where there is higher COVID community spread and lower COVID restrictions on mask wearing and group gathering. In other words, areas with more republicans.[/quote]

Yup, back in October the closest correlation to schools being in-person was the percentage of people who voted for Donald Trump in an area in 2016 (this was pre-2020 election). More votes for Clinton = more likely to be remote.

Yet there are Democrats who are starting to acknowledge that maybe having things [i]open[/i] is safer. See this from Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago:

[quote]“People are engaging in risky behavior that is not only putting themselves at risk, but putting their families, their co-workers, and other ones at risk. Let’s bring it out of the shadows. Let’s allow them to have some recreation in restaurants, in bars, where we can actually work with responsible owners and managers to regulate and protect people from COVID-19.”[/quote]
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/01/14/mayor-lori-lightfoot-wants-to-reopen-restaurants-and-bars-as-quickly-as-possible-to-reduce-risk-of-underground-parties/

CDC studied a school in rural Wisconsin that had a nearly 40% [b]lower[/b] COVID spread than the surrounding community.

[quote]The authors pointed in part to a new CDC study of rural Wisconsin schools, where student mask wearing was high. COVID-19 incidence in the 17 elementary through high schools was 37% lower than in the wider community, with no infections acquired at school among staff members.[/quote]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/low-covid-19-spread-found-in-schools-taking-safety-precautions-us-study/ar-BB1d7iNp
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e3.htm

The group of APS parents who advocate for open schools use the hashtag #saferatschool. As long as mitigation measures are in place, this might not be just true from a mental health, food security, and report of child abuse standpoint, but even when it comes to COVID-19. Imagine that![/quote]

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