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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finally. That was long overdue. Germany has no distancing requirements at all for schools.[/quote]

Germany is not a country of morons who see mask wearing as a political issue. [/quote]

Mask compliance is no better in Germany then in DC. The comparison to Texas is irrelevant here. And by the way, Germany only requires masks in schools for fifth grade and up.[/quote]

Germans mostly wear N95 masks in public.  It is required in stores and public transport.  Its an extra level of protection for everyone and service workers.  This is true of many other European countries.

https://www.thelocal.de/20210120/what-you-should-know-about-germanys-new-mask-rules-for-public-transport-and-shops/
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This is a fairly recent development. And as others have mentioned, they do not require masks in elementary school. Not in the classroom. Since this thread is about the distancing requirements within classrooms, that is the only relevant point, besides the question of community spread (which, as is becoming increasingly clear, is actually not that relevant for the safety of schools).[/quote]

Well, as long as you decided what was relevant to discuss - there you go.  Community spread in schools with mirror community spread in the general population.  [/quote]

It’s not what I have decided, it’s what a number of experts have lately been saying. And the spread within schools is usually lower than that in the community.[/quote]

Spread "within" schools, but schools are not immune. All our neighborhood schools have had to quarantine classes.  [/quote]

Quarantining is good. It means the system is working. The goal is not to not have quarantined (at least not now or anytime in the foreseeable future when covid is actively circulating). People are getting covid in the community, just like other people. Spread though is significantly lower in schools than in the community, meaning it’s safer being in schools, unless of course you’re just locked in your house still without any family and friend exposure.[/quote]

Do the Germans quarantine?  How many times has the JKLM quarantined?[/quote]

German schools don't necessarily quarantine the entire class. They just quarantine the kids who sat in close proximity to a case (remember, elementary school kids don't wear masks in class, and last fall, that was also true for higher grades). It has happened to a couple of my relatives (FWIW, in none of the cases any of the other kids tested positive).

To bring this all back to the topic of this thread, from the experience in other countries as well as the study out of Massachusetts, there is no evidence that we need 6 feet distancing to be safe in schools, especially WITH masks.[/quote]

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