Passing the Test: A model-based analysis of safe school-reopening strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has induced historic educational disruptions. In December 2020, at least two-thirds of US public school students were not attending full-time in-person education. The Biden Administration has expressed that reopening schools is a priority.

Objective

To compare risks of SARS-COV-2 transmission in schools across different school-based prevention strategies and levels of community transmission.

Design

We developed an agent-based network model to simulate transmission in elementary and high school communities, including home, school, and inter-household interactions.

Setting

We parameterized school structure based on average US classrooms, with elementary schools of 638 students and high schools of 1,451 students. We varied daily co

SUBMITTER: Bilinski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7852255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature