https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-study-of-100-uk-schools-shows-very-little-evidence-that-the-virus-is-transmitted-in-schoolsJust an excerpt from article:
The Public Health England research is slated to be published later this year, but researchers have already confirmed from monitoring 20,000 students and teachers in around 100 schools across England during the partially reopened summer term that there is very little evidence of school spread. The study will find there is "very little evidence that the virus is transmitted in schools," according to Professor Russell Viner, president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health and a member of the government emergency advisory group Sage.
"This is the some of the largest data you will find on schools anywhere," added Professor Viner. "Britain has done very well in terms of thinking of collecting data in schools."
Viner also told the media over the weekend that a separate review by the group of 35 studies across the globe will show schools play only a "minor role" in spreading the virus. That review is due out next month, after most schools typically start for the fall semester.
"It is absolutely essential for schools to reopen in September. The risks to children from Covid are very low and the risks of school closures we know are very serious," he said. "Britain as a nation should stand up and say: our children are essential. Reopening schools is essential."
A recent contact tracing analysis published by the Swiss office of public health showed that schools accounted for just 0.3% of the community transmission. Of course, the largest share came … from home! This is why a recent analysis in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases found, "School closure carried out in Japan did not show any mitigating effect on the transmission of novel coronavirus infection."
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