Parents should probably add fresh face masks to their back-to-school shopping lists — even if their kids are vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Parents should probably add fresh face masks to their back-to-school shopping lists — even if their kids are vaccinated against COVID-19.
This contradicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which relaxed its masking guidelines earlier this month to say that vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear face coverings. “There are many children and others who cannot be vaccinated,” said Dr. Sara Bode, chair-person elect of the AAP Council on School Health Executive Committee, in a statement. “This is why it’s important to use every tool in our toolkit to safeguard children from COVID-19. Universal masking is one of those tools, and has been proven effective in protecting people against other respiratory diseases, as well.
But the AAP also recognizes that many schools will not have a system in place to monitor the vaccine status of its students, teachers and staff, and some communities may have higher infection rates due to low vaccination rates. What’s more, variants including the more-contagious delta variant can raise the risk of catching and spreading the virus, as well as result in worsening COVID-19 illness.
So Dr. Sonja O’Leary, chair of the AAP Council on School Health, said in a statement that, “Combining layers of protection that include vaccinations, masking and clean hands hygiene will make in-person learning safe and possible for everyone.”
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