Toolkit: Kids, School, and Delta

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Andy poses your top questions about sending kids back to school to pediatrician and vaccinologist Peter Hotez and indoor air quality expert Richard Corsi. They’ve got you covered on how Delta affects kids' risk of infection, wearing masks, staying safe while eating lunch, and much, much more. Plus, Lisa talks with parents, kids, and school leaders in Missouri as schools open up for another year.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Read Peter’s paper on how to avoid a COVID-19 catastrophe in Southern schools: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-to-avert-covid-19-catastrophe-in-southern-schools
Here’s Rich demonstrating the cold mirror test to determine air leakage from masks: https://twitter.com/CorsIAQ/status/1422433693117779977
Check out Rich’s website: https://www.corsiaq.com
And Peter’s: https://peterhotez.org/
Keep up with the latest CDC guidance for COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

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0:00.0	Mental health challenges are affecting people in the US at high levels, particularly among
0:05.0	adolescents.
0:06.0	At CVS Health, mental health is just as important as physical health.
0:11.0	That's whether making mental, well-being services more accessible, less complicated, more
0:15.4	convenient, and more inviting.
0:18.0	CVS Health is doing this by creating new programs, encouraging care to discussions, and providing
0:23.2	increased access to digital tools and telehealth services.
0:27.0	CVS Health is there to help. Learn more at CVS Health.com.
0:31.0	How do you feel about kids going back to school this year?
0:40.0	I'm ready for them to go.
0:42.0	It is time to go, these kids are not doing well at home.
0:47.0	I think it's a very good thing. Being at their home home, they need as much as the
0:51.0	education and normalcy as they can get. I'm actually okay with it as long as they're wearing
0:56.0	masks. I'm a teacher, so I want the kids wearing masks.
0:59.0	I'm a little hesitant with the rise of the Delta variant. I'm concerned with parents not
1:07.0	putting masks on their kids now. Hopefully people will get vaccinated as soon as possible.
1:14.0	I am hopeful about this school year. I think it's going to be a little less chaotic than
1:22.0	last school year. The kids just weren't doing a lot at home. So if we can keep them safe
1:29.0	at school, I think it's a good thing for them to go back because if they don't, we're going
1:32.0	to lose another year.
1:34.0	Okay, what's your name?
1:36.0	I'm Josephine.
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