Dr. Theresa Chapple: This study is important, and could possibly shed some additional light on why some studies haven't found #COVID19 spread in #Schools at higher levels. Could the flaw be in our contact tracing methods and subsequently under testing? Let's explore.

This study is important, and could possibly shed some additional light on why some studies haven't found #COVID19 spread in #Schools at higher levels.
Could the flaw be in our contact tracing methods and subsequently under testing? Let's explore. 🧵https://t.co/iuwEp2rp8Z

— Dr. Theresa Chapple (@Theresa_Chapple) January 29, 2021

 

This study, like others I've elevated, found that #SARSCoV2 was spreading in contacts

 less than 15 minutes, and while eating (and other unmasked), less than 5 minutes.

If we keep defining close contact as 15 minutes, we're excluding those who has

 shorter contacts, especially during unmasked activities, like school breakfast and lunch.

 Those students & teachers/staff aren't being informed that they may have been

 exposed, not quarantined... 

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