In general I’m very sympathetic to jurisdictions opting for some or all remote school instruction. However I also recognize that there is increasing though still not dispositive evidence that suggests that schools, particularly k-6 are not playing a major roles in disease ...
2/ spread. But it seems odd to me that we’re not seeing more discussion of the fact that the latest surge coincides close to exactly with the resumption of school after the summer. Now, I know that the presumed - and I assume real - culprit is seasonality. More time indoors ...
3/ because of cold weather and drier air which seems to be more conducive to the spread of respiratory viruses in general. But the coinciding chronology seems to merit at least come consideration. This is especially the case since in most school districts surveillance ...
4/ testing is very, very limited. Since kids are frequently asymptomatic, it’s not entirely clear how we’d know if schools were serving as covid incubators for some measure of spread into the broader community.
5/ I stress again, seasonality seems like the logical and primary culprit. And I assume it is. It just seems the general chronology shld make us cautious about pronouncements re schools.
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