Fauci says it is.
Yale seems to agree.
Fauci says it is.
Yale seems to agree.
I think it’s infecting kids more because it’s infecting EVERYONE more. (Well, perhaps not the vaccinated.)
The five things, from that Yale article:
Bunch of things we already know, IMO.
As DTNF said, I read through the Yale article and the closest they get to saying kids are more at risk is…
So they’re more likely to get it than before, no evidence that it is any more risk to them though. At this stage, in the northeast, I’d be a little surprised if they haven’t already been exposed to some strain of COVID.
And thus full circle, so if the teacher is vaccinated and the kids are at no demonstrable risk and there’s an educational cost to wearing a mask, I can definitely see the argument against mandated masks for little kids.
Yeah, I wonder about the asymptomatic exposure not recorded. Need a study on groups of people who have been forced-tested.
Well there’s sure a lot more stories about hospitalized kids these days, so this statement doesn’t appear to be true AFAICT.
In my state, most of the hospitalized kids have RSV, not Covid. At least that’s what hospital officials were saying last week.
I just confirmed that in spite of the federal mask mandate on buses, masks will not be required on Mr aj’s bus when school starts next week. The district states that “students will be distanced as much as possible.” Mr aj says there is no distancing on his bus. They clean a lot and keep some windows open.
They’re defying the mandate? Or are you talking about a bus that is not a school bus? (I believe the mandate is specific to school busses?)
I’m talking about school buses in a public school district. I believe they are taking the state mandate to not require masks at school to also apply to the buses.
Also this is what they said about quarantine: “close contacts will be strongly encouraged to quarantine for 10 days”. Not required, encouraged.
I’m so glad I don’t have kids in school.
Wait, there is still a federal mask mandate in some fashion? I thought everything currently out there are suggestions.
Wait, are you talking mass transit federal mandate (planes, trains and busses)? I think you may be right there but I didn’t think that mandate extended to school busses.
Here the big hot-button issue is whether masks will be mandatory in public schools.
I can see maybe making them optional in high school and maybe even junior high / middle school where the majority can be vaccinated. Only optional for the vaccinated though, IMO.
But for K-6 it seems fairly asinine to not require masks. Delta is affecting kids far more than earlier strains and at that age the kids can’t be vaccinated yet. So it seems like a no-brainer. But it’s quite the controversial issue. Sigh.
Our governor has said that schools can’t have mask mandates. One of the districts implemented one anyway. Now a teacher has a suit against the district.
Yeah that’s… not allowed as I understand it.
At least… I assume that a federal mandate supersedes anything at the state level, right?
Wait, there is still a federal mask mandate in some fashion?
My understanding is that masks are required on school buses per federal mandate. Maybe I misunderstood. I read the local district’s plan and they said something along the lines of masks optional except on school busses due to the federal mandate that applied to busses.
Public school district in the burbs. Big yellow school busses (not kids riding city busses to school, which does happen in the city).
OK, I missed that.
Yes, passengers and drivers must wear a mask on school buses , including on buses operated by public and private school systems, subject to the exclusions and exemptions in CDC’s Order. Operators of school buses should refer to the Department of Education’s COVID-19 Handbook [PDF – 27 pages] for additional guidance.
I don’t see the parents in my district having their little snowflakes wear a mask this fall. We already had national media make a stop by to cover the debate on critical race theory which as far as I know never was being taught nor up for consideration.
Well after misremembering how Social Security calculates the maximum family benefit it’s nice to see that my memory isn’t totally shot.
I did have to look up whether the plural of bus is buses or busses… in short… it’s either but buses is more common.
“As older age groups get vaccinated, those who are younger and unvaccinated will be at higher risk of getting COVID-19 with any variant,” says Dr. Yildirim.
So much for herd immunity through vaccination, eh?
Shouldn’t the more people vaccinated make it less likely for the virus to be able to find a host?
Unless they’re just talking about percentages of cases, which is incredibly misleading, right @meep ?
But for K-6 it seems fairly asinine to
notrequire masks.
FTFY. YW.
Well there’s sure a lot more stories about hospitalized kids these days, so this statement doesn’t appear to be true AFAICT.
There certainly are a lot of stories these days, just in time for start of the school year. However, most, if not all, of those “stories” have been almost immediately debunked & later retracted.
At least… I assume that a federal mandate supersedes anything at the state level, right?
The Tenth Amendment is dead to you, huh?
My understanding is that masks are required on school buses per federal mandate
I’m not sure how accurate this is in fact, but it is consistent with how districts near me are interpreting the federal mandate.