At the press conf today, health officials said that covid-19 has not shown to be a serious disease for children, and while their role as transmitters is unknown, officials are weighing that with the "very significant downsides of closures," which they said included...
If Seattle leaders are recommending events with more than 10 people be canceled, and that workers telecommute, why is it that schools are still open? Makes no sense.
Any idea, @ByMikeBaker @KYWeise?https://twitter.com/ByMikeBaker/status/1235330485041192966 …
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... disruptions for childcare/work, that health care workers have to say home to watch kids, that high schoolers go to the mall, which is not lower risk, that older people may watch kids, which could be higher risk, etc. They said they saw this during the H1N1 2009 pandemic...
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Same question! Was just texting it to a doctor -
Have you seen this thread from a physician/professor at Yale about school closures? We need to close them, and fast.https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1235266763991814144 …
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Probably because if kids are home, parents have to be, and that’s not possible for lots of people.
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We need to make it possible. Other countries have. We need leadership to protect vulnerable populations and our public health. Important thread based on a study about school closures and decreasing mortality rate:https://twitter.com/NAChristakis/status/1235204443362205699 …
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Do schools not have teachers and administration? Do kids not go home to parents? It's nuts. Close the schools, see how it goes. They can always make it up later or work can be done at home. Yes, it's inconvenient, but so is a infecting countless people in the community.
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Isn't it great that we are so prepared?
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