To add to the discussion surrounding what to do about reopening schools, I submit this article from The Atlantic. Despite its rather sinister title, it’s actually a very thoughtful look at what scientists now believe are the main ways people get infected with COVID 19 and should be incorporated into any school reopening plan.
Short version:
- Sharing enclosed airspace with someone whose infected seems to be the biggest way the infection is spread
- It’s 19 times more likely you’ll get infected indoors than outside
- it’s starting to look like it’s also pretty hard to get infected after touching a surface that’s got the virus on it
Even shorter version: this is an airborne disease. You get it by having someone infected cough, sneeze, talk or breath close to you. But, it is very contagious. If you’re close by to an infected person or their air, your chance of infection is high.
What’s it mean for schools?
- we need to do distancing, but also find ways to isolate students in classrooms, like barriers of some kind
- if there’s a way to take class outside, we should do it
- classrooms need open windows for ventilation
- masks need to be mandatory
- singing is absolutely out, probably band too
- worries over the virus being transmitted by throwing and catching a ball may be overblown. But, contact sports where there is a lot of breathing going on are out for now
Your thoughts?
Submitted May 27, 2020 at 08:14PM by CommanderMayDay https://ift.tt/2Aaepp7
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