Here's what parents need to know about keeping their children healthy right now during the coronavirus pandemic.
that, at this moment, the potential risks of in-person learning pale in comparison to the emotional and educational benefits.
“Parents should weigh their risk tolerance with the actual risk based on the planned activity, their local disease activity, and their comfort level,” said Joshua Schaffzin, director of Infection Prevention and Control at Cincinnati Children’s. Basically, more of what we’ve already been doing for about 18 long months now.Wearing masks in public indoor spaces is an important part of keeping children safe this fall, experts say.
“Having two masks on at any one time could result in kids removing both or neglecting to wear either, which defeats the purpose,” Malley said. Instead, focus on“Having children be willing to wear a mask indoors and be comfortable seems more important than aiming for the highest level of protection,” Malley said.The basic measures that help keep kids healthy now really are the same ones that have worked since the start of the pandemic: masking, distance, hand hygiene and ventilation.
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