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Coronavirus: School outbreak study ties spread to teachers

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Amid debate over reopening public schools, a new federal study indicated that when there were outbreaks on campus, they were chiefly driven by infected teachers.
Amid debate over reopening public schools closed for almost a year by the coronavirus pandemic, a new federal study Monday indicated that when there were outbreaks on campus, they were chiefly driven by infected teachers. The study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examined nine case clusters in a Georgia elementary school district in suburban Atlanta. “Educators were central to in-school transmission networks,” said the study, which also noted that “all nine transmission clusters involved less than ideal physical distancing, and five involved inadequate mask use by students.” The CDC said the study’s observed outbreaks from Dec.1 through Jan.22 don’t contradict its recent guidance or evidence showing schools can safely reopen even in communities where virus transmission is high, when they follow measures for wearing face masks and physical distancing. “Previous investigations in other U.S. school districts found that low transmission rates in schools can be maintained in the setting of high community incidence,” the report said, suggesting a need for more “messaging to improve awareness among educators” about the risk for acquiring the virus from colleagues. The nationwide debate over school reopening has grown especially heated in California, where most public schools, particularly in impoverished and big city districts, are far behind private, charter and wealthy public districts in the state and across the country in returning students to the classroom. As Gov. Gavin Newsom, state lawmakers, district leaders and unions representing public school teachers argue over when and how to reopen schools, parents have grown frustrated and impatient watching their kids struggle with online lessons widely acknowledged as a poor substitute for classes taught in person.

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