{"id":10276,"date":"2021-06-08T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2021-06-09T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T20:23:32","slug":"passing-the-test-a-model-based-analysis-of-safe-school-reopening-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/06\/08\/passing-the-test-a-model-based-analysis-of-safe-school-reopening-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing the Test: A Model-Based Analysis of Safe School-Reopening Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A SARS-CoV-2 transmission model simulating an average US elementary and high school classroom found that over an 8-week quarter, asymptomatic weekly screening combined with an A\/B schedule generally had the greatest reduction in in-school transmission. Vaccination of staff greatly reduced transmission, but only among staff. Reductions in transmissions varied depending on local SARS-CoV-2 incidence and uptake of mitigation measures. High schools had greater potential for larger outbreaks, and therefore required more intensive mitigation. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[EDITORIAL NOTE: This model did not include the potential for vaccination of students, including those 12 years and older who are currently eligible for vaccination in the US.]<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bilinksi et al.\u00a0(June 8, 2021). Passing the Test: A Model-Based Analysis of Safe School-Reopening Strategies. Annals of Internal Medicine. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/M21-0600\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.acpjournals.org\/doi\/10.7326\/M21-0600<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A SARS-CoV-2 transmission model simulating an average US elementary and high school classroom found that over an 8-week quarter, asymptomatic weekly screening combined with an A\/B schedule generally had the greatest reduction in in-school transmission. Vaccination of staff greatly reduced transmission, but only among staff. Reductions in transmissions varied depending on local SARS-CoV-2 incidence and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/06\/08\/passing-the-test-a-model-based-analysis-of-safe-school-reopening-strategies\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[39,35],"topic":[23],"class_list":["post-10276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-modeling","tag-schools","topic-modeling-and-prediction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10277,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions\/10277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=10276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}