American Academy of Pediatrics Calls for Children to Return to Schools Despite Corona

[dukkha]

Pediatricians say students should be in classrooms for in-person learning as soon as possible – the most full-throated endorsement yet for getting children back into schools amid the coronavirus pandemic and one that was included in a set of recommendations released by the American Academy of Pediatrics for how schools should safely reopen.

"The importance of in-person learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020," the group representing 67,000 pediatricians wrote.
"Lengthy time away from school and associated interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation, making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical or sexual abuse, substance use, depression, and suicidal ideation."

"This, in turn, places children and adolescents at considerable risk of morbidity and, in some cases, mortality," the guidance continued. "Beyond the educational impact and social impact of school closures, there has been substantial impact on food security and physical activity for children and families."
The recommendations acknowledge that infectious disease experts are still learning about the effects of COVID-19 and that all reopening policies must be flexible to account for rapidly changing scenarios. But the academic, physical and mental upsides associated with reopening outweigh the risks, the group concludes, especially as evidence mounts that children may not be the superspreaders medical experts initially assumed they were and that they tend to exhibit milder symptoms when they do contract the virus.

Perhaps most importantly, the pediatric group concludes, reopening is essential for the country's most vulnerable students, including poor students and students of color, who often rely more heavily on the multitude of services schools provide.

"Beyond supporting the educational development of children and adolescents, schools play a critical role in addressing racial and social inequity," the guidance reads. "As such, it is critical to reflect on the differential impact SARS-CoV-2 and the associated school closures have had on different races, ethnic and vulnerable populations."

The specific recommendations largely mirror the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though allow for looser restrictions in some cases. For example, the pediatrician group concedes that in most school settings, requiring 6 feet between students is not feasible without limiting the number of students in a class. It recommends instead spacing as close as 3 feet, particularly if students are wearing face coverings and are asymptomatic.

Rules are generally more lax for younger students in pre-kindergarten and elementary school – a recognition of the reality that younger children aren't likely to comply with social distancing and face mask requirements – and escalate gradually through middle school and into high school.
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[dukkha]

kids need to go back. districts can craft social distancing/ staggered schedules -whatever.
But online learnig is in no way comparable to school for young minds

[Hawkeye10]

Here in Washington they are thinking making Not People Of Color such second class citizens that they will go back to school last....capacity will be shrunk to start with...."Shit white people stay away, and dont even think about complaining, know your place!".

[dukkha]

Here in Washington they are thinking making Not People Of Color such second class citizens that they will go back to school last....capacity will be shrunk to start with...."Shit white people stay away, and dont even think about complaining, know your place!".

are you serious??
they are putting kids back to school BY RACE PRIORITY?? WTF???

[Charoite]

Trump sycophants always raved about homeschooling but it seems Trump needed another ass-kissing session. Looks like we have many answering the call to whoredom.

[Stretch]

Kids at risk for depression, running the streets, agitation, getting in trouble, etc. They need structure and school days again ASAP.

[RB 60]

Trump sycophants always raved about homeschooling but it seems Trump needed another ass-kissing session. Looks like we have many answering the call to whoredom.

So you agree or disagree with sending kids back to school?

The advantages of homeschooling is parents and children become closer.
The disadvantages are kids don't learn anything about socializing.

There's not a damn thing related to your "Trump needed another ass-kissing session" bullshit.
Just keep kissing the asses of those in the clown car, they love that you're one of their ass kissers...

[Darth Omar]

Kids at risk for depression, running the streets, agitation, getting in trouble, etc. They need structure and school days again ASAP.

But there’s an election coming up lol.

At this point, forcing kids to miss another semester borders on criminal. Democrats are tempting fate with this. All of those soccer mom’s Democrats think they own and have in the bag for Biden are going to be pissed off if they have to keep their kids out of school again *when the evidence says it’s not necessary*.

It’s not good for the kids; it’s places a significant burden on young families AND it isn’t necessary. Studies have shown that even when kids get COVID their viral load is low so they aren’t apt to transmit the bug to adults—it’s generally adults giving it to them.

Trump needs to hammer on this.

[katzgar]

So you agree or disagree with sending kids back to school?

The advantages of homeschooling is parents and children become closer.
The disadvantages are kids don't learn anything about socializing.

There's not a damn thing related to your "Trump needed another ass-kissing session" bullshit.
Just keep kissing the asses of those in the clown car, they love that you're one of their ass kissers...

I agree completely with the concept that children are better off in school and our society lacks the ability to care for students at home as often both parents work. The juggle will be is asg has fucked up our response so we will likely be in wave 2 when school starts so sending kids back to school will depend on any given school districts situation.

[RB 60]

I agree completely with the concept that children are better off in school and our society lacks the ability to care for students at home as often both parents work. The juggle will be is asg has fucked up our response so we will likely be in wave 2 when school starts so sending kids back to school will depend on any given school districts situation.

Hmmm.... Are you calling the governors of each state, who I will remind you are the ones responsible for the opening up of their own states, "asg" (whatever that means)?

[Bourbon]

I’ll Go With The AMA

[Darth Omar]

I agree completely with the concept that children are better off in school and our society lacks the ability to care for students at home as often both parents work. The juggle will be is asg has fucked up our response so we will likely be in wave 2 when school starts so sending kids back to school will depend on any given school districts situation.

So, you’re counting on voters being basically brain dead.

[Nordberg]

That is a good argument against home schooling.

[LV426]

Someone needs to explain how re-opening schools is going to work, because kids simply cannot be socially distant from each other in overcrowded classrooms, hallways, lunchrooms, etc.

What happens if a teacher gets COVID? Does every student in those teacher's classes now have to isolate for two weeks? Do their parents also have to isolate as well? We're talking 150+ students per teacher. Does that quarantine also extend to non-educators at the schools too, like janitors and lunchroom people and administrators? And what about substitute teachers? What if they test positive? Does that mean every school they taught at also has to quarantine students? Subs can often teach at multiple schools in one week.

This is just dumb. We need to re-think education because there's no way opening schools will work.

[LV426]

But there’s an election coming up lol.

At this point, forcing kids to miss another semester borders on criminal. Democrats are tempting fate with this. All of those soccer mom’s Democrats think they own and have in the bag for Biden are going to be pissed off if they have to keep their kids out of school again *when the evidence says it’s not necessary*.

It’s not good for the kids; it’s places a significant burden on young families AND it isn’t necessary. Studies have shown that even when kids get COVID their viral load is low so they aren’t apt to transmit the bug to adults—it’s generally adults giving it to them.

Trump needs to hammer on this.

So let's do a thought experiment, shall we?

Let's say the school in your district reopens in the fall, but because you live in a red state with a red governor, COVID is still spreading at a rate of at least 50,000 new cases a day. Let's say a student is one of those infected. That student, who is a child and lacks the restraint to avoid touching other people, their face, etc., goes to school while infected with COVID. Then the kid tests positive. So what happens next? Does every student in that kid's class have to isolate? Do their parents? What about the bus the infected kid took to school, does every passenger on that bus also have to isolate? And what of the teachers? Most teachers teach multiple classes, so one single educator could be in a classroom with 150 kids over the course of a normal school day. Since one of those kids tested positive, does that mean all 150 of those kids must isolate now because the teacher caught it from a student? And while we're on the subject of employees, what about the janitors, bus drivers, counselors, administrators, lunch room workers, facilities, etc. do they all have to isolate too?

Conservatives are so desperate to pretend that this isn't serious, and they're willing to sacrifice their own children for the sake of Trump's re-election.

Shameful. I guess all lives don't matter.