2022 journal article

Modeling the Impact of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools

MDM POLICY & PRACTICE, 7(2).

By: Y. Zhang  n, M. Mayorga n , J. Ivy n, K. Lich * & J. Swann n 

author keywords: SEIR model; infectious disease; in-school testing; contact reduction; masking
TL;DR: A deterministic stratified SEIR model is developed that captures the role of social contacts in K-12 schools to estimate COVID-19 transmission under different nonpharmaceutical interventions and finds that masks and reducing contacts can greatly reduce new infections among students. (via Semantic Scholar)
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The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spread across the world causing many waves of COVID-19. Children were at high risk of being exposed to the disease because they were not eligible for vaccination during the first 20 mo of the pandemic in the United States. While children 5 y and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, vaccination rates remain low despite most schools returning to in-person instruction. Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are important for controlling the spread of COVID-19 in K-12 schools. US school districts used varied and layered mitigation strategies during the pandemic. The goal of this article is to analyze the impact of different NPIs on COVID-19 transmission within K-12 schools.