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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Well, actually, scientists have consistently found, throughout the pandemic, that schools have far lower coronavirus transmission rates than the surrounding communities. If you're somewhere where there's a lot of coronavirus, it turns out that schools are about the safest places you can be.

Also, not to point out the obvious, but kids and teachers and school staffs interact with adults outside their schools all the time so, yes, the fact that there is a huge number of unvaccinated adults in the area does matter, even if those people themselves don't physically step into a school. [/quote]

You are clearly arguing just for the sake of arguing and you have long since passed the point of making any sense at all. Just think for a minute. All adults in schools will either be vaccinated or tested weekly. None of the under 12s will be vaccinated -- at least in the beginning -- and we will be lucky if even half of the 12 and overs are vaxxed. Moreover, there are considerably more children than adults in schools. So it is obvious to everyone other than you that children will be the most likely vector for the virus in schools.

Yes, it would be nice if adults in all wards, not just 7 and 8, were vaxxed at higher rates. But trying to argue that the problem facing DC schools is the vax rate of adults in wards where only 10% of the children are vaxxed is really being obtuse. 
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You should run your theories by a doctor. I think you will be hard pressed to find one who agrees with you. [/quote]

LOL. What doctor is going to think that adults who are either vaxxed or tested weekly are more likely to spread a virus than unvaxxed children who exponentially outnumber them?

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there’s plenty of research on this. adults spread more than children. 50+ plus cases in DCPS are adults, despite the fact that there are many more kids than adults. it’s the adults. [/quote]

Onnnnnce again, we are not talking about LAST SCHOOL YEAR. We are talking about Delta now, which is much more transmissible in general and IS being transmitted by kids.[/quote]

Given that, maybe WTU could finally tell us how many teachers are vaccinated. Strange they've refused to release that information...[/quote]

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