EPIC IN THE NEWS
Growing consensus that schools do not contribute to COVID-19 spread is complicated by worsening surge
DATE: January 10, 2021
Local and national experts are coming to a consensus that schools do not contribute to community COVID-19 spread — as long as the levels of the virus in the community are not high.
Schools do appear to contribute to spreading the virus where it already is spreading at high rates in a community, one of two new studies shows.
Two U.S. studies released in recent weeks show some of the first evidence that schools in areas of low-to-moderate COVID-19 exposure have not contributed to community spread.
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