We also have 1 pediatric flu death this season, and the apparent crowd-out effect happened everywhere there was COVID, including places like Sweden with no school closures or masking.
It is likely COVID net *reduces* pediatric infectious disease risk.
Did the White House put out the word to its journalistic foot soldiers to prep the ground for a 100 days declaration that says now we can end outdoor masking... but re-up for another 100 days inside?
% US K-12 students attending "virtual-only" schools = 9.4% (from 12.2% last week)
% US K-12 students attending "traditional" in-person/every day schools = 62.4% (from 59.4%)
% US K-12 students attending "hybrid" schools = 28.2% (from 28.4%)
Just 1.8% of districts are now virtual only, but they hold 9.4% of students.
"Several large California districts announced intentions for full-time in person next year, but with qualification language and emphasis that is unique to California."
CDC has added another week of HCoV surveillance. HCoV-NL63 has turne back up and HCoV-OC43 has continued to rise sharply. HCoV-229E rise continues too. cdc.gov/surveillance/n…