Using a previously-developed age-dependent transmission model, which classifies population according to their current disease status (susceptible, exposed, infectious, recovered), and model parameters, researchers compared and contrasted the impacts of 8 different strategies of school opening on the spread of SARS-CoV-2. 

- years 0, 1, and 6 (full class sizes)
- years 0, 1, and 6 (half class sizes)
- all primary schools
- years 0, 1, 6, 10, and 12 (full class sizes)
- years 0, 1, 6, 10, and 12 (half class sizes)
- all primary schools, years 10 and 12
- all secondary schools
- all schools


Outcome Prediction of Open Schools in England Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

Smith College

Keeling, M., Tildesley, M., Atkins, B., Penman, B., Southall, E., Guyver-Fletcher, G., Holmes, A., McKimm, H., Gorsich, E., Hill, E., Dyson, L. (2020). The impact of school reopening on the spread of COVID-19 in England. medRxiv doi: 10.1101/2020.06.04.20121434

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.04.20121434v1

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