Detecting in-school transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from case ratios and documented clusters

2024/07/29 by Johnson, Kaitlyn E., Lachmann, Michael, Stoddard, Madison +4
#K-12 education #SARS-CoV-2 #school transmission

paper · doi:10.26153/tsw/52776

Abstract

Claims that in-person schooling has not amplified SARS-CoV-2 transmission are based on similar infection rates in schools and their surrounding communities and limited numbers of documented in-school transmission events. Simulations assuming high in-school transmission suggest that these metrics cannot exclude the possibility that transmission in schools exacerbated overall pandemic risks.

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