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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Timely reporting from WaPo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-coronavirus-spread/2020/12/29/bbfac9d8-3697-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html[/quote]

Wow.  This is really irresponsible journalism. [/quote]

How so?  Does it misrepresent the data? [/quote]

When community spread is low, transmission in schools is low.

When community spread is high, as it is everywhere, it is high in schools because schools reflect the community spread.

It is irresponsible not to note this. This article essentially says in a country that looks nothing like the current US with much better stats than we have and more stringent testing and reporting, schools could be safe. That is not us though. [/quote]

Lots of schools in the US have reopened, is there data indicating that those schools have been sources of spread when masking and social distancing are used?  All of the early stories that I can remembered of case spikes were in schools that didn’t take those steps.[/quote]

Look I’m not trying to be antagonistic but I am worn out trying to convince people of this. It is out of my hands. I’m a teacher, I’m going in because I don’t have the choice not to. If YOU have the choice to NOT send your kids, you should take it. Because a January return is the worst possible option. We have no mandated routine testing, no surveillance testing, mask exemptions in schools and admin doing contact tracing which is only as accurate as parents who know their kids were actually positive AND reported it. Otherwise, you’re sending your kid by choice into a building with plenty of asymptomatic carriers and rolling the dice. [/quote]

Don’t forget no cohorting in 6-12.  That’s another recommended practice we are ignoring along with testing and indoor eating in cafeterias!
As for the Wash Post article I completely agree.  The headline is irresponsible since community spread is sky high so the article has nothing to do with current conditions.   But the Wash Post editorial people are dead set on getting everyone back to school. No matter what. Don’t blame the reporter.  It’s a balanced and accurate article. Blame the loopy headline.  They never ever lead with the fact that there’s no data on grades 6-12 or that surveillance testing is recommended for those grade levels. They just say the data says it’s safe in schools.  But it’s much more nuanced than that.  Not safe for 6-12.  No evidence.  No one cares.  Keep your kids home.  Even if you have to back out of hybrid.  Their health is not APS’s primary concern.  [/quote]

PP here and yes this too. I’m a high school teacher. My students have 8 classes they switch amongst. Clubs, sports, jobs. The data for cohorted elementary and young kids DOES NOT APPLY to the 6-12 context. But, as you say, nobody cares. [/quote]

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