As 56 million school children get back to the classroom, health experts say a multipronged defense system is critical.
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By the end of a six-hour school day, one child infected with COVID -- whether they have symptoms or not -- sitting in the back of a maskless class can spread viral particles throughout the room. The seating chart should be designed to work with that ventilation, not against it. Bourouiba explained students shouldn't sit in the way of the airflow's path because it could risk creating hot zones forwithin the classroom. Bourouiba recommended placing children's desks at least 3 feet away from the open doors and windows.
"A virus that spreads more efficiently means that it's harder to control and we use additional mitigation measures," Brownstein said."When you bring kids back into school and there are gatherings in large auditoriums, lunchrooms, those are places where you can see spreading events. ... What we know is to protect our kids in schools, it comes down to layers of protection."Melissa Moy, a teacher at Yung Wing School P.S.
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