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We found that schools can reopen for in-person instruction without further spreading COVID-19 in nearby communities if the number of people with the disease is relatively low. But if there are more than 21 cases per 100,000 people, COVID-19 spread may increase.
To reach this conclusion, we used data from September through December 2020 in Michigan and Washington states both of which allowed districts to decide whether or not to offer in-person schooling at that time to analyze how these different instructional decisions affect COVID-19 case rates.