COVID-19 Policy Update THURSDAY 9/17 TOP THREE CDC Thresholds for Risk and Interventions: CDC quietly released last night new indicators and thresholds for risk of introduction and transmission of COVID-19 in schools. This guidance had been long sought and comes late given that most states and schools have already had to develop their own criteria for reopening. That said, it's welcomed and should help to inform decisions later this year as school systems consider moving from remote learning to some form of in-classroom learning. CDC recommends the use of three indicators, including two measures of community burden – the number of new cases per 100,000 persons within the last 14 days and the percentage of tests that are positive during the last 14 days – as well as one self-assessed measure of schools' ability to adhere to various mitigation strategies. As a reminder, Harvard has also published a
COVID-19 Policy Update #107
COVID-19 Policy Update #107
COVID-19 Policy Update #107
COVID-19 Policy Update THURSDAY 9/17 TOP THREE CDC Thresholds for Risk and Interventions: CDC quietly released last night new indicators and thresholds for risk of introduction and transmission of COVID-19 in schools. This guidance had been long sought and comes late given that most states and schools have already had to develop their own criteria for reopening. That said, it's welcomed and should help to inform decisions later this year as school systems consider moving from remote learning to some form of in-classroom learning. CDC recommends the use of three indicators, including two measures of community burden – the number of new cases per 100,000 persons within the last 14 days and the percentage of tests that are positive during the last 14 days – as well as one self-assessed measure of schools' ability to adhere to various mitigation strategies. As a reminder, Harvard has also published a