Two uses of "science" in everyday parlance. There is (1) a method of investigation of natural phenomena, and (2) a religion. Typically "science shows" something, it's second type. More socially acceptable in bougie circles to claim science than to say "I have a superstition".https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1289104607428345857 …
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Teacher safety is another argument used against
#OpenSchools. We can use same counterfactual/ref. With schools open, compared to other professions, the COVID19 RR was 0.9 (95% CI 0.7-1.1) for day-care and 1.1 (95% CI 0.9-1.3) for primary school teachers. Sample size 260K. 1/4
Family safety is 3rd concern. Same counterfactual. Elderly living with working age family members plus children did not have higher risk than those living with working age family members without children. 2/4 https://su.figshare.com/articles/preprint/Residential_Context_and_COVID-19_Mortality_among_the_Elderly_in_Stockholm_A_population-based_observational_study/12612947/1 …
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Community transmission is 4th concern. If schools were drivers of the epidemic, teachers and elderly family members would have higher risk, but they don’t.
#COVID19 is different from flu, where children are major spreaders. 3/4 -
Important concerns with
#OpenSchools are (i) high-risk older teachers, who should work at home helping younger class-room teacher with grading etc, and (ii) plummeting vaccination rates during lockdown, risking outbreaks of e.g. measles or pertussis. 4/4https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e2.htm …
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