Impact of school operating scenarios on COVID-19 transmission under vaccination in the U.S.: an agent-based simulation model.

ABSTRACT: At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, K-12 schools struggled to safely operate under the fast-changing pandemic situation. However, little is known about the impact of different school operating scenarios considering the ongoing efforts of vaccination. In this study, we deployed an agent-based simulation model to mimic disease transmission in a mid-sized community consisting of 10,000 households. A total of eight school operating scenarios were simulated, in decreasing order of restrictiveness regarding COVID-19 mitigation measures. When masks were worn at school, work, and community environments, increasing in-person education from 50% to 100% would result in only 1% increase in cumulative infections. When there were no masks nor contact tracing while schools were 100% in person, the cu

SUBMITTER: Weng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10409779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature