“You guys are all collectively contributing so much to the general body of knowledge about how to keep schools safe,” she said.

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The study found three primary ways COVID was spreading in schools: indoor winter sports, staff-to-staff contact and in the elementary classroom setting.

Vallabhaneni said the team wasn’t surprised by the results related to indoor sports, but were intrigued by the high transmission of COVID-19 among teachers. Teachers and staff were more susceptible to passing COVID when they planned lessons or ate lunch together, two examples of when they were more likely to let their guard down, Vallabhaneni said.

Elementary school classrooms were also likely to be the source of high transmission rates due to the

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