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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd be happier if S Korea didn't shut schools back down...[/quote]

S Korea shut down the schools even though they know their new outbreak originated elsewhere... I wonder if shutting the schools was truly necessary to control it.[/quote]
If we are contact tracing and isolating people who have been exposed then there will be shutdowns in schools and businesses for the foreseeable future. What are you going to do if the art teacher, who works with 250 kids, is positive? What about the administrative secretary in an office? [/quote]

I think that the point is that we don't need to shut down all of MCPS just because the art teacher at Stone Mill ES (or wherever) tested positive for coronavirus.[/quote]
No, but you do need to shut that school down until everyone else is tested after a reasonable window (current estimates are about 5 days from exposure to infection). And what if a parent in a school tests positive? That child will have to stay home, too. [/quote]

That's still better than the alternative. So it shuts down for 5 days and then everyone who attends/works at the particular school gets tested. [/quote]

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