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Since the Task Force, specifically @alexjahangir has decided to pick outlier anecdotes and obscure statistics with no context in order to advocate for continued closure of schools (all while his children are in person), I'll share some research about children and Covid
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Study results from Japan
"The intervention of school closure did not appear to decrease the incidence of coronavirus infection"
https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30598-1/fulltext
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"The intervention of school closure did not appear to decrease the incidence of coronavirus infection"
https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30598-1/fulltext
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The European CDC:
"Investigations of cases identified in school settings suggest that child to child transmission in schools is uncommon and not the primary cause of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children whose onset of infection coincides with the period during which they are ..
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"Investigations of cases identified in school settings suggest that child to child transmission in schools is uncommon and not the primary cause of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children whose onset of infection coincides with the period during which they are ..
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attending school"
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/children-and-school-settings-covid-19-transmission
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https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/children-and-school-settings-covid-19-transmission
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NEJM: Author of Iceland Study "it is crystal clear when you look at these numbers here... but it is way more likely that adults infect children than children infect adults"
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2006100?query=featured_home
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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2006100?query=featured_home
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Oxford:
"The fact that an infected child did not transmit the disease despite close interactions within schools suggests potential different transmission dynamics inchildren."
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa424/5819060
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"The fact that an infected child did not transmit the disease despite close interactions within schools suggests potential different transmission dynamics inchildren."
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa424/5819060
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NIPH Netherlands:
"looking at 10 COVID-19 patients who were <18 years old, they had 43 close contacts, and none of them became ill, whereas 8.3% (55/566) of the close contacts of the 221 patients who were ≥18 years old became ill." https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-and-covid-19
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"looking at 10 COVID-19 patients who were <18 years old, they had 43 close contacts, and none of them became ill, whereas 8.3% (55/566) of the close contacts of the 221 patients who were ≥18 years old became ill." https://www.rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/children-and-covid-19
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Now, the COST of Keeping schools closed (don't even try to argue with me that virtual school is even close to schools being "open")
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/05/27/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-student-achievement-and-what-it-may-mean-for-educators/
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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2020/05/27/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-student-achievement-and-what-it-may-mean-for-educators/
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"Despite widespread concerns, two new international studies show no consistent relationship between in-person K-12 schooling and the spread of the coronavirus" https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/925794511/were-the-risks-of-reopening-schools-exaggerated
It's just really sad and frustrating that we will have leaders in Nashville choosing fear and doubt based on anecdote and obscure cherry picked statistics. Our kids deserver better.
@LetNashville @asmartnashville
@LetNashville @asmartnashville
Wonder how long it will take for someone to argue with me that he *not* in fact advocating for school closures.
When you show up at the board meeting, drop a "93% increase" fear bomb, then reference Kawasaki (an obscure and rare outlier), you are in effect doing exactly this.
When you show up at the board meeting, drop a "93% increase" fear bomb, then reference Kawasaki (an obscure and rare outlier), you are in effect doing exactly this.
