THE CDC GUIDANCE DOESN’T ALIGN WITH EVIDENCE, A 🧵
You won’t find a better takedown of the closure thresholds and 6-foot distancing, together in a tight, handy read, than @VPrasadMDMPH @vkoganpolisci’s new piece.
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Note use of the CDC’s own studies!
statnews.com/2021/02/20/new…
You won’t find a better takedown of the closure thresholds and 6-foot distancing, together in a tight, handy read, than @VPrasadMDMPH @vkoganpolisci’s new piece.
💯
Note use of the CDC’s own studies!
statnews.com/2021/02/20/new…
Also excellent: @j_g_allen of the Harvard Chan school of public health destroys the rationale for closure based on community spread in 5 minutes.
He makes a few additional points, like the high compliance with masking by kids.
npr.org/2021/02/19/969…
He makes a few additional points, like the high compliance with masking by kids.
npr.org/2021/02/19/969…
Let us never forget that the lead author of the CDC’s Wisconsin study, @TracyBethHoeg, has critiques these same details, noting the high community spread in WI during tneis study, which established virtually no spread in schools.
https://twitter.com/tracybethhoeg/status/1360324290525077508
More from @TracyBethHoeg on the ways that the WI study conflicted with the CDC guidance.
https://twitter.com/tracybethhoeg/status/1361517766688169984
Let’s turn our attention to distancing.
Want proof that districts are disregarding the CDC guidance and looking instead to the evidence?
Look no further than Brookline, MA. Here’s its summary in support of distancing under 6 feet:
brookline.k12.ma.us/cms/lib/MA0190…
Want proof that districts are disregarding the CDC guidance and looking instead to the evidence?
Look no further than Brookline, MA. Here’s its summary in support of distancing under 6 feet:
brookline.k12.ma.us/cms/lib/MA0190…
Brookline, MA is a very progressive exurb of Boston, home to many Harvard and MIT minds. Predictably, this piece is *robust*.
Frankly, it cites a lot more evidence for reducing 6 feet than the CDC gave for recommending it, as @VPrasadMDMPH @vkoganpolisci’s article shows.
Frankly, it cites a lot more evidence for reducing 6 feet than the CDC gave for recommending it, as @VPrasadMDMPH @vkoganpolisci’s article shows.
I’m seeing a lot of people sharing this persuasive graphic from a @MayoClinic study.
It shows that when folks are masked, there’s barely a difference between 3 ft and 6ft.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/may…
It shows that when folks are masked, there’s barely a difference between 3 ft and 6ft.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/may…
Note that this push for 3-foot distancing isn’t new!
@j_g_allen @DrBleich have been making this same case since November:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@j_g_allen @DrBleich have been making this same case since November:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The best evidence that schools are disregarding this 6-foot nonsense:
The sheer numbers of districts that are open (last national est. was 40%). Schools in these states are not abnormally-sized! They are dropping distancing to reopen FT. And it’s working.
The sheer numbers of districts that are open (last national est. was 40%). Schools in these states are not abnormally-sized! They are dropping distancing to reopen FT. And it’s working.
https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1362826952944549892
That’s 40% with schools open FT, 5 days.
65% have at least some grades open hybrid.
65% have at least some grades open hybrid.
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