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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We know delta is more transmissible, among adults and kids.  But we need to understand if delta is more dangerous to kids than the previous variants.  If delta is no more dangerous to kids than the previous variants, then the main reason to shut down classrooms would be to prevent the spread to adult household members or other members of the community.  When balancing the costs, I don't think that it makes sense to shut down classrooms to protect unvaccinated adults, who could choose to protect themselves simply by getting a vaccine.

If delta does pose a significant risk to kids' health, then the balance is different.  Then, I think that quarantines are more warranted and every parent should have a virtual option so as to avoid the ethical quandary of exposing their child to a dangerous disease.  Especially for kids who did not, in fact, have learning loss last year and we are confident will continue to be fine this year.

This AAP data will be important to follow.  It already shows a pretty scary high current transmission rate among kids, considering that school is not yet in session in most places.    https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP%20and%20CHA%20-%20Children%20and%20COVID-19%20State%20Data%20Report%207.29%20FINAL.pdf.  I think it is way to early to draw any conclusions from the hospitalization data.  We all know that usually lags case data by at least a few weeks.  [/quote]

And thus far there's been no indication that delta is more virulent to kids than prior strains.  We can look at countries like the UK that have already had delta to see what the hospitalization rate among kids with delta has been.  [/quote]

Here's a report from BMJ regarding delta and hospitalizations.  Regarding kids:

"Are more children becoming ill?

Steve Turner, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health registrar and consultant paediatrician at Royal Aberdeen Children’s hospital, said, “As it stands there are very few children in hospital in Scotland and across the whole of the UK due to covid. We’re not seeing any evidence of an increase in paediatric admissions with covid. A very small number of admissions who test positive for covid is what we’d expect.

“Our experience over the last 15 months is that many children who test positive have come into hospital for something else, like broken bones. At the moment the situation in the UK is stable. The number of children in hospital with covid remains very low.”

https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1513[/quote]

Ok so what is your plan for quarantined students?[/quote]

Hi non-sequiter.  Is this you not engaging with the research again?[/quote]

Isn’t the point of this thread lol?[/quote]

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