The Lancet warns that face-to-face classes accelerate coronavirus infections

The article was written by epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani of Queen Mary University in London and his team.

Opening schools in places of high community transmission and without adequate mitigation measures “will likely contribute to an infection rate (of coronavirus) greater than one in almost all scenarios,” warned an article published in the scientific journal The Lancet that he noted that arguments to the contrary “have serious limits”.

At a published note when, in UK schools, the opening of schools is debated or not, it has been assured that “data around the world shows an increase in cases last November when the school closed, when schools were open”.

The article, written by epidemiloga Deepti Gurdasani from Queen Mary University of London and his team cited data from the University of Warwick and Imperial College London, suggesting at least 30,000 additional deaths from Covid-19 as part of proposed school reopens.

“Last February, even though there were fewer students in schools, teachers were at greater risk of infection., was highlighted in the Lancet article.

And he added that although Covid-19 is unlikely to cause serious infections in children, “Estimates of the prevalence of symptoms of Covid-19 suggest that 13% of children aged 2 to 10 and 15% of children aged 12 to 16 had at least one symptom that persisted five weeks after a positive test.”.

The article noted that “given the uncertainty over long-term health effects, it is not wise to let the virus circulate in children.”

“Complete reopening in an environment of strong community transmission without adequate safeguards carries risks that will again deprive children of education and social interaction, and exacerbate inequalities,” they detailed.

“Making schools safer goes hand in hand with reducing community transmission, and this is the stage of reopening schools,” the Lancet scientific article concludes.