'We have a silent epidemic emerging right now in K-12 schools:' infectious disease specialist

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As global COVID-19 cases continue to tick upwards, schools around the U.S. are struggling to reopen during the pandemic. Dr. Michael Saag, associate dean for global health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss schools’ problems across the country.

“I believe that we’re having a silent epidemic merging right now within the K through 12 schools,” said Sagg. He tells Yahoo Finance that K-12 students pose more risk of spreading COVID-19 because, unlike their college-student counterparts, younger students are not being tested and quarantined at the same rate.

“On college campuses, we saw hotspots emerge, but we knew it because we were testing. At the University of Alabama at Auburn, in my neck of the woods, they had big spikes towards the end of August which they’re getting under control because they know who’s infected. They can quarantine, and the students have paid attention now, but in K through 12, we’re not doing that.

Sagg expects that coronavirus infections will rise over the next four weeks. He said the statistic to watch for is the percent positive, which he fears will give rise to an “October surprise.”

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/we-have-a-silent-epidemic-emerging-right-now-in-k-12-schools-150502942.html

[CaptYossarian]

1. If the patient is a student at any school, even college, it isn't Covid.

We'll call it DeVos Disease.

She and "Mary's uncle" blackmailed the schools into opening.

[NightWatcher]

2. The kids in k-12 here are way more responsible than the college kids

I'm shocked but in my kid's district there have been few cases and they haven't spread. No school has had more than 2 confirmed cases. I am watching the dashboard and am ready to yank. my kid out as soon as I see trouble, but they are isolating, wearing masks, washing hands, and doing everything they are supposed to be doing...that the partying college kids are not.