COVID test positivity and ER visits have been trending upward since the spring.
As summer begins to wind down, most children and teenagers across the U.S. are getting ready to head back to school.
"We're always preparing, and I feel very confident that we're going to have a great school year, and we'll get through this respiratory season with no problem," Kim Baumann, lead county nurse for Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia, told ABC News.During the first year of the pandemic, schools switched to remote learning to help stem the spread of the virus.
"Closing of the schools that occurred last time was an unbelievable disaster," he said. "Kids are way behind academically. We're still experiencing it now, and I think some of them will be affected for the rest of their lives." Lee said sometimes he encounters parents who are reluctant to vaccinate their children because of research suggesting children are not affected by COVID-19 as severely as adults. However, he said he tries to explain to parents that the benefits of vaccinating children far outweigh any risks, using their reluctance as "an opportunity for me to lean in and ask questions about why it is that they're feeling that way.
Baumann said one of the ways officials are preparing for the new school year is to send reminders through schools' newsletters, websites and other media about best practices to stay safe, including "Good hand washing, using respiratory hygiene, as far as covering your coughs and sneezes."
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