Cases up 15% there: According to the Flemish Care and Health Agency, analysis of contacts and sources of contamination shows that there is a direct link between these rising figures and the start of the school year and the restarting of businesses after the summer holidays.
I am not going to include all of the stories of #kidsandcovid at this point because every night it's always more. The point is made, but consider the ones added as !!! to the point.
College: nearly 8% of students tested before Longhorn's 1st football game tested + for COVID-19. The ave + rate in Texas is 6.9% on 9/11. The positivity rate in the Austin metro area is 7.46%.
“It’s going great. We have half the kids on Mon/Tues and the other half Thurs and Fri.
Right now our positivity in Wentzville is 12.5% which is a little higher. We would like to see that below 5%. Don’t know if we will get there any time soon but something we watch."
Forgot the link for the tweet above!
Missouri: Here's how many students, staff have tested COVID positive at St. Charles County schools
"There are a lot of theories about what COVID-19 is & isn't, but the science & data from cases on the UW-Madison campus shows most people who get it, get sick," Dane County Exec Joe Parisi said.
New York: Despite schools being in session across WNY, Erie County's health commissioner says the county has been in need of state guidance on COVID exposure in schools.
UPDATE: After an investigation by the Onondaga County Health Department, 62 Durgee Junior High School students, 10 Durgee Junior High School teachers and nine Baker High School teachers must quarantine for 14 days.
"The student was reported to have worn a mask all day, aside from lunch, and did not take a school bus, the district said, adding the student was asymptomatic."
I'm wondering how they're catching these asymptomatic cases.
I just want to add, when school staff or kids pass away, especially when school is in, it's a big deal. (@ it is in & should be in worksites, families, etc.) In schools there's usually gatherings, that shouldn't happen now, memorial services, and it's so very extra sad for all.
Just a few of these tonight. To the North. In the 2 weeks since classes resumed, at least 1,000 students and staff in schools across Edmonton quarantined after potential exposure to COVID-19. There have been 78 cases in 57 of Alberta's 2,415 schools.
People are really angry at the people who sent their known COVID-19 + teen to school in Massachusetts (posted above as well). I get it. But maybe the larger system should be questioned given the number of people going to school asymptomatic +? I don't know boston.com/news/coronavir…
Poor little thing. 2 classes quarantined after kindergarten student tests positive for COVID-19.
The switch was made barely four days after students returned to school. All 1,400 students were dismissed Thursday morning after the school learned about the positive case from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Important: thread within a thread ref other threads. Parents, ppl who work in schools/colleges, this is what you need to know & talk to your BOE about. Tell friends. Make sure they know why - the goal is not to get COVID bc you also give it, you don't know what it will do in you.
You might have to push, be stubborn, be persistent. Think Border Collie, Chow Chow, Jack Russell Terrier for the dog people. That helps you remember to be nice but firm.
But we need to make our world safe for ourselves.
Indoors is never "safe." In this big thread there are places with very low case # w/#kidsandcovid. Contact tracers look for people who've been around (6ft) a COVID-19 positive person for only *15* minutes. Even with masks. Reminder: time.com/5883081/covid-…
Why am I saying this?
Because "We are following all cleaning protocols required by the state and doing all that we can to protect the health and safety of our students and staff."
And "By that time, he added, the students in question had been off campus for eight days and the affected school buildings had been cleaned on a daily basis."
The custodians everywhere need a raise. "The school's custodial team performed extra rounds of deep cleaning and sanitization in the affected areas on top of its regular regimen to prepare for Friday's in-person classes."
So weird thing about CDC pulling the update that included information on 🗣️ ☁️airborne transmission.
But if you think about it, if there are still people around in 100 yrs will they be like lol why didn't they just act as if it was also that, just to be safe? Yes, yes they will
Low positivity rate of .08% in this area yesterday. #kidsandcovid
School districts throughout the area continue to report positive cases of COVID-19 among students and staff; cases which are causing some disruption in public education.
Florida's top school district. Look at all the stuff they bought. ☁️ ignored?
According to St. John’s County District website, several dozen students & 4 staff members got COVID. Nearly 500 more have had to quarantine at home due to possible exposure.
Lots of info, maps, numbers that are known and ones that are not for #kidsandcovid in schools from The New York Times. I'm just going to link and plop some pics in for now. "Enjoy" the article and this 🤬 experiment we are running here.
Following our pattern, we are just going to accept this as normal. This was a movie: people.com/celebrity/inde… and only countries like Taiwan, New Zealand, Mongolia seem to have that kind of fight.
Of the 139 who have quarantined, 96 or 69% have returned to school after the student presenting symptoms received a negative COVID-19 test or an alt dx from their doctor, officials said. Most students returned within two to four days, they said.
Last, not least: These Missouri schools let students exposed to COVID-19 skip quarantine, go to class.
It's what it says! 🤯
"But the Newton County guidance goes against the pandemic safety protocols that most health and education officials recommend." kansascity.com/article2459018…
From Scotland: Record # of children & teenagers testing positive for Covid
Percentage + - the week ending September 20 rate was 2.3% overall and 3.5% for 12 to 17-year-olds.
The latest outbreak peaked at more than 440 new cases at the end of August.
Hmmmm...France relaxes Covid rules in schools despite 'exponential' rise in national infections
Elementary and primary classes will now only shut when at least three pupils test positive, up from one under previous rules telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/2…
Hmmm...Ontario considers shortening list of possible COVID-19 symptoms that require kids to stay home from school.
BC removed symptoms like runny nose from its student health checklist so I guess that makes it good?
20 COVID-19 cases linked to outbreak at Winnipeg's John Pritchard School
We are not getting this type of information from our schools. It's kid tests positive, goes home, school is cleaned, end of story. Contact tracing is not discussed. <it's secret>
F-M is the sixth Onondaga County school district to report a Covid-19 case at school. The others are Baldwinsville, Tully, Onondaga Central, Jamesville-DeWitt and Syracuse.
And in Wisconsin, things aren't going so well: Some parents have sent their COVID-19 positive children to school, Washington-Ozaukee Public Health Department director says.
Missed this: US Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November 2019 say "sources". We warned others apparently - Israel and NATO.
I saw something in Nov 2019 that made me start watching and translating tweets from China. I didn't believe it was plague. 1/
I read NYT and thought the doctor didn't sound sure of her diagnosis. The rabbit eating bubonic plague pneumonia. I said nah.
What's weird is maybe it was that and I started scanning for more and coincidentally was aware of everything that happened into the Dec 31 announcement.
Because I was on increasingly high alert into the holidays and stopped shopping in crowds the week before Christmas. Intuition that hasn't happened with pox, etc.
Is it the clicks? Bc it's weird "normal" media are taking the FDA release and stressing the part about the investigation but not the conclusion - that the signal is not showing an > post-vax.
NYS gives 10 of 20 *ventilators* for *the whole state* to Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo as respiratory illnesses are on the rise in kids.
Why is this, @NiagaraErie? 2 of your supts were interviewed for a story asking about masking in schools. They said unnecessary!
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Read what 2 Superintendents said about masks in schools (they said no) and *at the same time* NYS is providing 10 VENTILATORS for kids to a hospital in Buffalo.
@NiagaraErie masks help keep kids off ventilators. Ventilators are bad.
Meanwhile Children's Tylenol, other medicines are in short supply on WNY shelves @NiagaraErie again via @WGRZ I'd hate to think you aren't following this news.
Anyone caring for a sick child has likely noticed a lack of over-the-counter medications.
White House’s Jha says winter surge is unlikely — mask mandates off the table
Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, does not expect the U.S. to experience a substantial holiday surge like it did last year with omicron. “We are in a very different place, and we will
remain in a different place,” Jha told the STAT Summit in Boston on Tuesday, noting that 90% of Americans have received at least one dose of vaccine and “a large chunk of Americans have gotten infected.” While he acknowledged that newer variants could change the picture, Jha said
“I believe we are in a way better place no matter what Mother Nature throws at us.” He added that Americans are unlikely to see the return of any mandatory virus mitigation measures such as indoor masking requirements or attendance caps on large gatherings.