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UC San Diego Helping Schools Test Floors, Wastewater for COVID
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UC San Diego has created a wastewater and surface coronavirus testing program designed specifically for schools in disadvantaged communities hard-hit by COVID.
The testing not only allows for faster results than traditional COVID testing, but UC San Diego researchers say it could be less costly and easier to implement in communities with families who may not want their children tested in schools, out of fear or a lack of trust.
For months, UC San Diego has had a wastewater testing program on its campus that detects shed pieces of the novel coronavirus in feces.
In November, the university started working with San Diego County to extend that program to some K-12 schools and child care centers, said Rebecca Fielding-Miller, assistant public health professor at UCSD who is leading the school testing program.
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San Diego County teachers and other essential workers may get access to COVID vaccinations as soon as two to three weeks from now, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher said Thursday.
In addition to school employees, child care, emergency services and food or agriculture workers are next in line to get vaccinated.
Fletcher said school employee vaccinations will be prioritized for schools or districts that have already opened or have signed agreements to open, pending administration of the vaccine which may encourage districts that have been hesitant to reopen.
But San Diego Unified, the county’s largest school district, isn’t just waiting for teacher vaccinations to reopen it also is waiting for local COVID case rates to decline, the district said Thursday.
Hispanic Students Show Highest Obesity Rates
By Sandra G. Leon
A study released this week found that childhood obesity rates in Hispanic children are more than twice as high as white students in San Diego County schools, with 23.1 percent of Hispanic students being overweight or obese, compared to only 8.9 percent of white students.
The report, released by the San Diego County Obesity Initiative (COI), reviewed physical fitness test results of over 99,000 students among the 42 school districts in our county. The tests measure body composition of fifth, seventh, and ninth grade students consistent with the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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