08-03-2020, 05:04 PM
Great points M T
Also, I would suggest everyone review photos of those schools in other countries before applying other experiences to the USA.
In many the kids are at a desk surrounded by three walls of plexiglass.
In most cases the children are all at least 6 feet apart in all directions from other students.
In most the teacher is far away and often behind a shield of plexiglass.
The children are generally checked for symptoms prior to entry and everyone is wearing a mask.
Korea also has a very strict protocol should someone test positive (much like we see with the KBO).
A student with a fever at school is taken by ambulance away from the school, and those in close contact are immediately placed into a contact tracing protocol.
In the USA several states are already opening schools. In the USA,
Kids are often 6 feet away from others in their row, but the next row is only 3' away.
Plexiglass is not common.
The masks are "recommended" and earlier observations report that in some schools less than ~50% of students wear masks.
As one school I saw, if someone has COVID19 only those that were within 6 feet of the child for at least 15 minutes would even be informed that someone tested positive for COVID.
Add in country level differences in COVID awareness and COVID case prevalence and it may not be safe to assume the USA schools will be fine because Australia or Germany or South Korea are doing OK.
I hope the low transmission rates are transferable to our country because the USA is doing very few of the best practices from around the world, but my guess is we will have results in schools consistent with our existing COVID experiences in other areas of life.
Also, I would suggest everyone review photos of those schools in other countries before applying other experiences to the USA.
In many the kids are at a desk surrounded by three walls of plexiglass.
In most cases the children are all at least 6 feet apart in all directions from other students.
In most the teacher is far away and often behind a shield of plexiglass.
The children are generally checked for symptoms prior to entry and everyone is wearing a mask.
Korea also has a very strict protocol should someone test positive (much like we see with the KBO).
A student with a fever at school is taken by ambulance away from the school, and those in close contact are immediately placed into a contact tracing protocol.
In the USA several states are already opening schools. In the USA,
Kids are often 6 feet away from others in their row, but the next row is only 3' away.
Plexiglass is not common.
The masks are "recommended" and earlier observations report that in some schools less than ~50% of students wear masks.
As one school I saw, if someone has COVID19 only those that were within 6 feet of the child for at least 15 minutes would even be informed that someone tested positive for COVID.
Add in country level differences in COVID awareness and COVID case prevalence and it may not be safe to assume the USA schools will be fine because Australia or Germany or South Korea are doing OK.
I hope the low transmission rates are transferable to our country because the USA is doing very few of the best practices from around the world, but my guess is we will have results in schools consistent with our existing COVID experiences in other areas of life.