Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-04-30 16:54:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2293FED422BB89A86FF4CEBCEDCCDE599829083B6542A75269CD92DB760B54BA
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Original Note:
The claim that it was "necessary" to close schools to prevent Covid from spreading is false. As the CDC reported in early 2021, "COVID-19 transmission does not appear to be demonstrably more frequent in schools than in noneducational settings." https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7012e2.htm. See also: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/147/4/e2020048090/180871/Incidence-and-Secondary-Transmission-of-SARS-CoV-2 and: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2775875
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