1/ Important Thread: COVID and Children

Children are more likely to beat COVID than adults.

Plus the what, why, and how of careful schools re-opening.

If you like to self study, read article below

If you like bite-sized pieces, read on...thread

https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/

2/ Key (reassuring) facts. Children are:

- 3-fold less susceptible

- less likely to spread

- asymptomatic rate ~20%

- less likely to be hospitalized

- mortality less than flu

- multisustem inflammatory disorder is extremely rare and largely treatable

3/ -ve Impact of school closures in the US

- 27 million workers depend on schools for child-care

- 50 millions kids out of school at present

- increased pediatric depression anxiety

- increased digital dependence

- less access to meals etc.

- declining grades/academics

4/ What can we learn from Denmark, Germany, Japan, and China? (Where schools reopened safely)

- daily temp checks

- face mask (where possible)

- quick saliva tests

- private transport/space out seating in buses + classes

- close gym/cafeteria

- 1 day-on/1 day-off schedule