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They are is limited. one survey conducted by the cdc of 169 schools in georgia found those with the mask requirement had 21% fewer covid cases than schools where masks were optional. another study in arizona found schools were 3.5 times more likely to experience a covid outbreak if they did not have a mask requirement. but the methodology of those studies has been questioned. >> we dont have very convincing studies that masks have a large impact on preventing either transmission of disease withi...

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Myself having covid, that took a few, like, three weeks out of before the mocks. so that was pretty hard to deal with. teachers being off didnt really help at all because this is one of the most important years we are going to have. whilst pupils are preparing to sit exams, the head is worried about getting the staff to ensure they go ahead. typically we would have quite a lot of the retired community eager to come and support us as exam invigilators and that is proving incredibly difficult. qui...

Exams, the head is worried about getting the staff to ensure they go ahead. typically, we would have quite a lot of the retired community eager to come and support us as exam invigilators, and that is proving incredibly difficult. quite understandably, theyre very concerned about coming into a school setting. relaxing the rules and learning to live with covid is part of the governments plan, but high numbers of absences in some schools has meant no let—up from the pressures of the pandemic. el...

Format changes in U.S. schooling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic varied by month and by school district, ranging from exclusively home-based to full in-person learning. The impact of these changes on adolescent schooling experiences, and the factors that mitigate such impact, have been challenging to quantify. To address these challenges we employed bi-monthly repeated surveys of youths (N = 6,546, aged 13-14 years) in a longitudinal study, starting before the pandemic peak (October 2020) a...

At their highest point in the pandemic, but they are still significantly lower than they are among adults. if you look at this particular point and right now under the age of 18, its 5 per 100,000 under 18. and obviously teachers have to come in and teach in order for schools to actually function. heres the most important thing. the most important thing here is the way that we can get this pandemic most under control is the vaccines work and they work ridiculously well. they work well for adults...

Seriously consider vaccinating your children. wearing masks in the school setting. doing tests to -- all of those things put together, its safe enough to get those kids back to school balanced against the effects of keeping them out. >> and health officials say the vaccination rate for kids 5 and up is just too low. just 19% nationwide. so a plea for parents to get their kids vaccinated. free for kids 5 and up. also expect the fda to approve booster doses of the pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15 ...

Raging all around causing confusion and concern everywhere. but the fda wants you to be clear on this, especially if you are parents with kids going back to any sort of school setting. remember, if they are 5 or older, they can get vaccinated, should get vaccinated, and the fda is considering booster shots for those 12 to 15. so, stay tuned. jim? >> tom foreman, thanks. perspective now from a doctor and one of the hardest-hit big cities, which happens to be right here, washington, d.c., where of...

A muddle of a terrible time. >> we are right now seeing more cases per day than at any point in the pandemic. >> reporter: infections among children are rising rapidly in many places. >> we are seeing here even in new jersey, a fourfold increase, um, in pediatric hospitalizations. were seeing our daily case rates skyrocket. >> reporter: in connecticut, the national guard has been called up to help with testing. in new york city, 17% of the police departments uniformed officers called in sick yes...

Whom. we know these infections shot up significantly just really in the past ten days, in children who are out of the home -- im sorry, out of the school setting and in home and gathering with other people that are infected, whether its their siblings or caregivers. we know that people are going to, you know, holiday parties and concerts and, you know, a lot of events they werent doing even several months ago. so theres a lot of opportunity for spread both in the home and outside the home. were ...