On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released facemask recommendations for schools. Author: Allen Carter Updated: 10:56 AM EDT July 20, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released recommendations for school face mask policies.
Essentially, it said every student, teacher and staff member should mask up, whether they are vaccinated or not.
The main reason? Kids under 12 can t get the shot yet.
Several Indiana districts, like Avon and Brownsburg, have already decided they re going with masks optional this year. That has led to some parents to speak up about their safety concerns.
Nerves are typical when a parent sends a child to school for the first time.
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Reopening Indiana schools last fall did contribute to the spread of COVID-19 cases, a new study found, but not as much as researchers expected to find.
The study from a team of Indiana University researchers, doctors, statisticians and educators, found that in-person school did result in additional cases of COVID-19 but the number of cases attributable to in-person school was very low compared to total new cases.
âOpening schools we knew would have risk,â Dr. Gabriel Bosslet, associate professor of clinical medicine in the IU school of medicine, said. âPeople would be infected and people would spread the virus. No one knew the extent of that risk.â
Reopening Indiana schools last fall did contribute to the spread of COVID-19 cases, a new study found, but not as much as researchers expected to find.
The study from a team of Indiana University researchers, doctors, statisticians and educators, found that in-person school did result in additional cases of COVID-19 but the number of cases attributable to in-person school was very low compared to total new cases.
“Opening schools we knew would have risk,” Dr. Gabriel Bosslet, associate professor of clinical medicine in the IU school of medicine, said. “People would be infected and people would spread the virus. No one knew the extent of that risk.”