{"id":14228,"date":"2020-06-30T15:21:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T20:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/?p=14228"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:22:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:22:31","slug":"is-school-a-safe-place-in-a-covid-19-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/14228\/is-school-a-safe-place-in-a-covid-19-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Is School a Safe Place in a COVID-19 World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/covid-19.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 Virus Image\" class=\"wp-image-14229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/covid-19.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/covid-19-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Recognizing the fundamental importance of school in the development of adolescents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued guidance for school re-entry.&nbsp; They strongly advocate<strong><em>&nbsp;\u201cthat all policy consideration for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically in school.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their statement recounts the negative impact that school closure and the lack of face-to-face learning has on school-age children. The issues range from diminished educational achievement, psychological impacts, and negative sociological consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their statement goes on to explain that current evidence suggests that COVID-19 behaves differently in children and adolescents than the normal flu.&nbsp; It appears that they are less likely to become infected, spread the infection, be symptomatic, or have a severe case.<br><br>The statement then recounts the measures that schools should follow to reduce risks from COVID-19 including physical distancing, mandatory face coverings, limiting student class changes, disinfection, and screening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations read: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/services.aap.org\/en\/pages\/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections\/clinical-guidance\/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry<\/a>&#8221;&nbsp; or the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/coronavirus-live-updates\/2020\/06\/29\/884638999\/u-s-pediatricians-call-for-in-person-school-this-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing the fundamental importance of school in the development of adolescents, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued guidance for school re-entry.&nbsp; They strongly advocate&nbsp;\u201cthat all policy consideration for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically in school.\u201d Their statement recounts the negative impact that school closure and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14230,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14228\/revisions\/14230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mma-tx.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}