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As Schools Weigh Reopening, Here's How They Can Lower Coronavirus Risk : Shots - Health News : NPR. Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 surveillance. 10 Face Mask Videos for Kids and Teens to Help Them Stay Healthy. If you’re returning to in-person learning this school year, chances are students and teachers will be wearing masks.

10 Face Mask Videos for Kids and Teens to Help Them Stay Healthy

But will they be doing so safely and effectively? These mask videos for kids can help get them there. As with any video, we recommend viewing these in advance to ensure they’re appropriate for your intended audience. 1. Sing the Wear A Mask song Best For: Pre-K and Early Elementary Why to Watch: Doctors Bob and Pop sing a cute song that emphasizes that even though life is a little different right now, everyone is still the same behind their masks. 2. Why to Watch: With soothing music and clearly-voiced narration, this read-aloud style mask video is an easy watch for young kids. 3.

Best For: Pre-K to Early Elementary Why to Watch: This quick video explains how masks protect you and others from germs. Storing your mask in paper bag. Your Hot-Weather Guide to Coronavirus, Air-Conditioning and Airflow. If you want to speed up the flow of outdoor air into a room, you could also take a box fan, place it in a window and blast it outward, Dr.

Your Hot-Weather Guide to Coronavirus, Air-Conditioning and Airflow

Jimenez said. When any amount of air leaves, that same amount of air returns — it’s a fixed volume. Therefore, the fan should help pull in the same amount of outdoor air. Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds. It has been a comforting refrain in the national conversation about reopening schools: Young children are mostly spared by the coronavirus and don’t seem to spread it to others, at least not very often.

Children May Carry Coronavirus at High Levels, Study Finds

But on Thursday, a study introduced an unwelcome wrinkle into this smooth narrative. Infected children have at least as much of the coronavirus in their noses and throats as infected adults, according to the research. Indeed, children younger than age 5 may host up to 100 times as much of the virus in the upper respiratory tract as adults, the authors found. That measurement does not necessarily prove children are passing the virus to others. Still, the findings should influence the debate over reopening schools, several experts said. Anthony Fauci to Teachers: You'll Be 'Part of the Experiment' in Reopening Schools - Teaching Now. Dr.

Anthony Fauci to Teachers: You'll Be 'Part of the Experiment' in Reopening Schools - Teaching Now

Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, told educators in a virtual town hall that when it comes to reopening school buildings for in-person instruction, there are still many unanswered questions about how the coronavirus is spread by children. Coronavirus: How Will We Ever Be Safe Inside? Restaurants will respond to the pandemic as they already have—by cobbling together a variety of businesses, including delivery and curbside pickup, and selling specialty groceries.

Coronavirus: How Will We Ever Be Safe Inside?

Even so, their outlook is dire. Colicchio told me that more than half of American restaurants may not reopen. “In my case, for at least two of my restaurants, most of the business comes through private parties and conferences,” he said. “For the foreseeable future, that’s gone.” On the evening of Tuesday, March 10, 61 singers gathered for choir practice just north of Seattle. Five days later, the choir director sent an urgent email to the group. The Washington choir represents the most aggressive outbreak I have come across, with an attack rate almost twice as high as the Korean call center. COVID-19 Related Stories For Schools. More and more states and cities have put together plans for going back to school for the 2020-2021 school year.

COVID-19 Related Stories For Schools

Each area in the country has somewhat different plans. The COVKID Project. Masks 2. Masks. YouTube. Trauma informed school strategies during covid 19. How 132 Epidemiologists Are Deciding When to Send Their Children to School. The Danger of Pseudo Distancing - Chelsey Burden - Medium. Putting the Risk of Covid-19 in Perspective. How dangerous is it to live in New York City during this pandemic?

Putting the Risk of Covid-19 in Perspective

CDC Activities Initiatives for COVID 19 Response. Dubai schools can deliver textbooks now - KHDA. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai’s education regulator, has confirmed that schools across the emirate can either deliver textbooks to its students or have parents collect them from the school’s premises.

Dubai schools can deliver textbooks now - KHDA

It also added that schools are in full knowledge of this directive. “Schools may choose to deliver books or ask parents to pick them up. In both situations, strict health and safety guidelines must be followed. Schools are adhering to these guidelines when packaging and delivering books. If books are delivered, they must be received by an adult.

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The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them. Please read this link to learn about the author and background to these posts.

The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from the outbreaks in China and Italy, that shows the backside of the mortality curve declines slowly, with deaths persisting for months. It's not just if schools should open, it's how they open, WHO says.