Thread by @Ts4OpenSchools

📢Schools Are Safe
📢Schools Are Essential
🧵of Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD and professor of medicine at Stanford University providing evidence from around the world on the safety and importance of schools. #SchoolsAreEssential #SchoolsAreSafe #OpenSchools

We are letting our kids fall behind, while rest of the world has prioritized theirs.

"The United States is an outlier...most of the developed world has had their schools open throughout the pandemic."

#Teachers4OpenSchools #SchoolsAreEssential #OpenSchools

Iceland study randomly sampling 12% of the population: "Genetic sequencing revealed that children don't seem to infect parents."

France study: "there is no significant transmission among children or from students to teachers."

Sweden: "has kept its schools open the entire pandemic . . . and for teachers, they face the same risk as anyone else in the population."

Ireland: "no evidence of transmission of COVID-19 from children attending schools."

South Korea re-analysis: "Secondary [spread] from children to household members was low"

Germany: reopening the schools did not lead to higher disease spread, and closing them did not slow it down.

UK: very little risk of spread in schools

Teachers provide essential, vital gifts to their students.

We love our teachers and want to empower them with the data and resources needed to ensure they can get back into the classroom with their students safely. #Teachers4OpenSchools #SchoolsAreEssential #OpenSchools