If you try to open schools in areas of high virus transmission or school districts where virus transmission is accelerating, it is inevitable that

@Elessar I wonder if parents are expecting teachers to keep a close eye on these children do stuff like that won’t happen.

@SimplyTracie I don't know how it is over there, but the same parents who are probably conspiracy theorists, or who even in normal times have no problem with their children spending 10h/day in front of TV and phones, and who see school as a 'public parking', won't suddenly start to care if you ask me 😅 their main/only problem is that they have to actually be parents these days. That's why opening schools is "popular"

@Elessar Students here will attend school on alternate days in order for children to social distant. I heard there will be tons of homework. I don’t envy the parents.

@SimplyTracie Here too, but the environment is the same, and especially without masks they can still infect one another.

@Elessar I think so too. Some say that children won’t be carriers and cannot infect their teachers. I don’t believe that.

@SimplyTracie Me neither. Look, if we want to follow actual science:

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Our final cohort included 145 patients with mild to moderate illness within 1 week of symptom onset. We compared 3 groups: young children younger than 5 years (n = 46), older children aged 5 to 17 years (n = 51), and adults aged 18 to 65 years (n = 48). We found similar median (interquartile range) CT values for older children (11.1 [6.3-15.7]) and adults (11.0 [6.9-17.5]). However, young children had significantly lower median (interquartile range) CT values (6.5 [4.8-12.0]), indicating that [b]young children have equivalent or more viral nucleic acid in their upper respiratory tract compared with older children and adults[/b] (Figure). The observed differences in median CT values between young children and adults approximate [b]a 10-fold to 100-fold greater amount of SARS-CoV-2 in the upper respiratory tract of young children[/b]. We performed a sensitivity analysis and observed a similar statistical difference between groups when including those with unknown symptom duration. Additionally, we identified only a very weak correlation between symptom duration and CT in the overall cohort (Spearman ρ = 0.22) and in each subgroup (young children, Spearman ρ = 0.20; older children, Spearman ρ = 0.19; and adults, Spearman ρ = 0.10).

[b]Our analyses suggest children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have high amounts of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in their nasopharynx compared with older children and adults. Our study is limited to detection of viral nucleic acid, rather than infectious virus, although SARS-CoV-2 pediatric studies reported a correlation between higher nucleic acid levels and the ability to culture infectious virus.5 Thus, young children can potentially be important drivers of SARS-CoV-2 spread in the general population, as has been demonstrated with respiratory syncytial virus, where children with high viral loads are more likely to transmit.6 Behavioral habits of young children and close quarters in school and day care settings raise concern for SARS-CoV-2 amplification in this population as public health restrictions are eased. In addition to public health implications, this population will be important for targeting immunization efforts as SARS-CoV-2 vaccines become available.[/b]
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[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2768952]