School age children are reported to have a higher percentage mild or asymptomatic to a COVID-19 infection. However, a study published, on September 17th 2020, in the Health Affairs Journal presents data on concerns of transmission resulting from school reopening.  COVID-19 transmission within an educational facility is not limited to attending children.  Transmission concerns extend to teachers, staff, and adults within the children’s home.

• “Between 42.0 and 51.4 percent of all school employees met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) definition for having increased risk or potentially having increased risk of severe COVID-19.”
• “Among all adults with CDC risk factors for severe COVID-19, between 33.9 million and 44.2 million had direct or within-household connections to schools“
• “35.2 percent of all adults in the U.S. had a within-household connection to elementary or secondary schools, either as school employees or by living with a school employee or school-age child”
• “3.3 million seniors lived in households with at least one school-age child“

Click here to read The Risk Of Severe COVID-19 Within Households Of School Employees And School-Age Children by Thomas M. Selden, Terceira A. Berdahl, and Zhengyi Fang in the Health Affairs Journal.

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