
Philadelphia children's hospital supports in-person education
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) supports "in-person education" and has revised its guidelines for school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, schools (and particularly the students) have been asked to shoulder a significant burden to avert the risk of severe disease in an unvaccinated public," CHOP said in its guidance for schools. "Now that all within K-12 school communities have been offered vaccination, the competing risks to children of education loss from prolonged school closures alongside social isolation are far more concerning than COVID-19 itself."
The hospital added that "while it is too soon to conclude that COVID-19 has become an endemic seasonal virus like influenza, the declining virulence shows signs that we are rapidly shifting in that direction, particularly for vaccinated individuals."













