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[quote=Anonymous]I have some interesting local data for you.  My kids attend a small private school in Montgomery County.  Testing is done every week, kids are in strict cohorts, and masks/social distancing required.  The school did great throughout the fall.  No cases.  One family got COVID over Thanksgiving when kids were not in school. There were a few more families that got COVID around New Years, also outside of school, with no risk to students or teachers.  Since January, there have been two "outbreaks."  In one class, a child got COVID outside of school and transmitted it to two kids in the cohort.  The teacher was NOT infected.  In another class, the teacher got COVID outside of school and transmitted it to five kids in the class.  I fully support opening schools and have no problem with my kids going to school in-person.  But I recognize that even with safety precautions, the situation is not risk free. People can fight about the definition of "safe" but I do think 9 cases total is pretty low. I did find it interesting that the spread was higher when the original person infected was an adult.  It does show that kids do not spread it as easily as adults.  I suspect the kids were infected because they often don't wear quality or well fitting masks. Vaccinating teachers should dramatically lower the risk of spread in school.  If kids wore proper fitting masks, it would help lower numbers too.

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