Discussion of K-12 School Openings 21-22 School Year

CDC page mentioned in another thread about an incident of infected teacher spreading to students who were too young to be vaccinated.

  • Students masked.
  • Student desks are 6 feet apart.
  • Teacher masked only part of the time, read aloud unmasked. (School required indoor masks.)
  • Teacher not vaccinated. (Teacher is one of two school staff not vaccinated – all others vaccinated. County has a high COVID-19 vaccination rate.)
  • Indoor classroom, doors and windows open, air filter used.
  • Thu-Sun: teacher social events.
  • Mon-Fri: teacher teaching.
  • Wed: teacher feels symptoms, initially believes to be allergies.
  • Fri: teacher tested for COVID-19.
  • Sat: some students feel symptoms.
  • Sun: teacher test result COVID-19 positive.
  • Sun-Wed: 22 of 24 students tested. 12 positive for COVID-19.
  • Students seated closer to the front where the teacher usually is were more likely to test positive.
  • Delta variant found.
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