our children safely in school before we have vaccines. so now, today, what do we have for our children? we have vaccines, of course, that we can use, and we have school testing programs, we have new science that demonstrates tests to stay, and this is where a child might be exposed in the classroom, but if they re exposed, they don t have to stay home in quarantine, they can test every other day or twice a week, and stay in the classrooms safely, and what that has demonstrated is hundreds of thousands of person days. of children in school rather than at home. we have new science that has demonstrated the value of masking. three 1/2 times increased risk of school outbreaks if you re unmasked in schools versus if you re masking in schools. and just this week, we updated our k-12 guidance so that it is consistent with our isolation and quarantine guidance, with the general public so people can come back to school after isolation, after five days. thank you, dr. walensky, for that. and f
we were able to keep our children safely in school before vaccines. now today what do we have for our children? we have vaccines that we can use, we have school testing programs and new science that demonstrates tests the stay. this is where a child might be exposed in the classroom but if they are exposed they don t have to stay home and quarantine. test every other day or twice a week and stay in the classroom safely. what that has demonstrated is hundreds of thousands of person days of children in school rather than at home. we ve new science that has demonstrated the value of masking. 3 1/2 times increased risk of school outbreaks if you are unmasked in schools versus if you re masking in schools. this week we updated oir k-12 guidance consistent with our isolation quarantine guidance for the general public so people can come back to school after isolation after five days. thank you for that and for your commitment to keeping our schools open. quick question for you, ms.
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 73 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Thursday. The Health Unit only reports high-risk
The Windsor Essex County Health Unit announced 117 new cases of COVID-19 in Windsor and Essex County on Wednesday. The Health Unit only reports high-risk