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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& #39;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& #39;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">https://www.npr.org/2020/10/2...
It& #39;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.
