Health experts said creating broad rules that can apply to every school — or even every class within a school — is difficult. Among the variables to consider: students’ ages, vaccination rates among those who are eligible, what types of activities students participate in, and how well students are able to socially distance in the classroom, said Doug Thompson, the chief medical officer at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

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Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 15, 2021. (Subscription may be required.)