What parents should know about sending kids back to school during Omicron
Posted on AllSides January 3rd, 2022
From The Left
Millions of American kids will head back to classrooms in the coming days -- just after new pediatric Covid-19 hospitalizations reached an all-time high.
And that has many parents wondering what's safe as the Omicron variant sweeps the country.
"We fear that it's going to get a lot worse, between getting together for the holidays and then getting back to school," said Dr. Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer at Texas Children's Pediatrics & Texas Children's Urgent Care in Houston.
Some cities and school districts are taking aggressive new measures.