Kids are returning to school this month, and children under the age of 12 still can't be vaccinated. An expert panel answered TODAY's biggest questions.
Dr. Tina Carroll-Scott, a pediatrician and medical director at the South Miami Children's Clinic, said the pandemic will eventually end.
"There is an end in sight, because all pandemics eventually end, but I think we have to decide as a society how we want that ending to look and if we value not only our own lives but those of people that we may not even know," she said."I think what's clear from everything that we've seen over the last few months is that the vaccines are a key component to ending this, and it can't be only certain individuals or groups getting vaccinated.
"Once they get on the bus, think about any other type of transportation: A subway, an airplane, anything like that," Torres said."All the children should be masked, and hopefully the children are in a cohort or a pod where they're on the same bus with students that they're in the same classroom with all day long. ... The risk does go up but it can be minimized."
Children should also be seated apart, and windows on the bus should be opened, Torres said, adding that he"can't overemphasize" the importance of wearing masks. If a person on the bus is showing symptoms, the kids on the bus should be isolated and contact traced to protect riders,
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