Schools

CDC director just shockingly said this coronavirus precaution isn’t necessary

February 6th, 2021

Yoni Heisler

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky recently said that vaccinating teachers shouldn’t be a prerequisite for opening schools back up. Walensky’s comments come shortly after the CDC published a study that found that the risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools is low when students and teachers wear masks at all times. The coronavirus infection rate in the …

Lifestyle

9,000 Florida children caught COVID-19 within 15 days of school reopenings

August 26th, 2020

Jacob Siegal

Florida has reported just under 9,000 new COVID-19 cases among children over the last 15 days as schools across the state reopen and resume in-person classes. In the 15-day period before August 9th, just under 8,600 children below the age of 18 tested positive for COVID-19, which means the infection rate is increasing. Florida’s Department …

Science

As schools reopen, shocking study says children may spread coronavirus more than adults

August 20th, 2020

Chris Smith

A new study says coronavirus spread might be fueled by infected children, who develop higher viral loads in the upper respiratory tract than adults. The study could not measure the actual infectivity of children, but researchers compared COVID-19 with other infectious diseases like the flu, where a higher viral load indicates higher infectivity. The new …

Science

Mississippi’s school reopenings have been an utter disaster

August 18th, 2020

Jacob Siegal

Over 400 teachers and students in Mississippi have tested positive for the coronavirus as schools across the state begin to reopen for in-person learning. According to Mississippi’s State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, COVID-19 cases have been reported at schools in 71 of the 82 countries throughout the state. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves says telehealth …

Science

Kids might have up to 100x more coronavirus in their bodies than adults

August 2nd, 2020

Chris Smith

A new study looking at potential coronavirus transmission risks in children found that kindergartners younger than 5 had 100 times more viral load in their upper respiratory tract than adults. The study did not prove that the children were contagious, but the scientists suspect that young children can be a driver of COVID-19 infection. The …

Science

Opening schools back up could lead to a massive spike in new coronavirus cases

July 20th, 2020

Yoni Heisler

A new study finds that children above the age of 10 can transmit the coronavirus just as easily as adults. The study is timely given the ongoing debate as to whether or not schools should reopen this fall. Some schools will implement a hybrid model that will divide the week into classroom learning and online …

Politics

Dr. Fauci doesn’t think a second coronavirus wave will keep schools closed this fall

June 4th, 2020

Jacob Siegal

Dr. Anthony Fauci believes that schools will be able to reopen in the fall after the coronavirus outbreak forced them to close to keep children from spreading the virus, suggesting that he is hopeful a second wave won’t hit the United States. Not every school will be the same, and some will need to “be …