New report warns: School reopening could depend on behavior outside of classrooms
If schools open in the fall across King County without appropriate precautions in place, the region could see a drastic surge in the number of cases of the coronavirus, a new report found.
But, according to the report, community activity outside of schools matters just as much when looking at whether school buildings can safely open their doors.
“Reopening schools cannot be considered in isolation – what happens outside of schools is as important as what happens inside of schools,” said Lacy Fehrenbach, DOH’s deputy secretary of health for the COVID-19 response. “The most important step we can take to reopen schools this fall is to come together to reduce spread of the virus in our communities and statewide.”
The report, from the Institute for Disease Modeling, used data from King County to model possible scenarios of how the opening of schools could impact the coronavirus pandemic. The analysis included data only through mid-June, meaning some of the recent growth in the number of coronavirus cases across the county was not reflected in the report.
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