Science Policy in the Spotlight: COVID-19 and Schooling 2

We are introducing a new monthly policy episode series called
"Science Policy in the Spotlight," where we will focus our
attention on a timely and local policy topic in the greater
Chicago area and understand how science helps inform the topic.
This series, we're focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
on K-12 schooling.
In the 2nd episode of this 4 episode series, we are hearing much
more on the topic of risk and transmission in kids - are children
really as immune to COVID-19 as the media portrays them to be?
What research questions do we still need to figure out? All this
and more from a pediatric infectious disease specialist, Dr.
Taylor Heald-Sargent!
If you want to learn more about the information discussed
throughout this episode, our sources are listed here: 


Dr. Heald-Sargent's early paper from the pandemic on
SARS-CoV-2 in children

CDC's March 11th MMWR report on COVID-19 risk in children

More on the ABC Science Collaborative and their study on
rates of secondary transmission in schools






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