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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-54772028
Stats on covid in NI schools. 50% of schools had cases.
Most schools though have just 1 case, with some 2-5 and far fewer more than 5. Now any close contact cases means everybody self isolates, my son's school is on the ball there and so far we just missed it (same age group, different class) for ours.
Nobody moves between classes anymore (IT/tech only exceptions), staggered breaks, no canteen meals, breaks are spread by age group instead of everybody running around mixing, no lockers in use, no afterschool activities etc. etc. so it is not "school as usual".
So to me it doesn't look like schools are an major Covid spreader environment.
Which is not really expected as being in a closed room with no ventilation is sorta ideal for the virus to spread...though you aren't allowed to speak and spread particles, unless you fancy detention ;)
But perhaps the T&T is not good enough to detect where the virus spreads. Anyhoo schools are open again here, unis are NOT (distance learning only) so in 2 weeks we will see if cases stop dropping as much as they do now/are going up again.