Coronavirus Spread
Our friends at RedefinED report the following:
The spread of the coronavirus in schools appears to be limited when the proper safety precautions such as face masks and social distancing are maintained, suggests a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The conclusion was drawn after a study of virus transmission in K-12 schools in Wood County, Wis. That district, which has 5,530 students and staff in 17 schools, has a student masking compliance of 92 percent, requires staff to wear masks, keeps classrooms between 11 and 20 students, and kept different groups of students separated as much as possible. Only 7 of 191 coronavirus cases reported between Aug. 31 and Nov. 29 were spread among students in schools, the CDC said. The transmission rate of 3.7 percent was far below that of the surrounding communities.