Posted on Aug 11, 2021
How To Keep Your Child Safe From The Delta Variant
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It's inevitable that when kids mix — returning from camp or heading back to school — germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.
But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?
Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.
It's inevitable that when kids mix — returning from camp or heading back to school — germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.
But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?
Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.
How To Keep Your Child Safe From The Delta Variant
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It s faulty thinking to think masks will stop the spread of Covid in schools. For masks to be effective they must be N95 or better and properly fitted. Covid is not going away. There are animal reservoirs that will sustain the virus. These animals will be the unvaccinated source of the virus fueling future infections. You best defense is getting vaccinated. Your average cloth mask is minimally effective. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/animals.html#:~:text=%E2%80%A2%20Recent%20experimental%20research%20shows,infected%20with%20the%20virus.
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