Column: COVID statistician can help parents decide on school safety | Opinion - London Free Press (Blogs)

Ryan Imgrund, Biostatistician / Department Head of Science (Teacher) has bad news for Chatham-Kent.

COVID statistician can help parents decide on school safety

I’m among the ranks of Ontario parents weighing whether it’s safe to send a child back to school in our new pandemic world.

Mind you, I have little skin left in the game. Our youngest is in Grade 12 and prepared for the designated hybrid model that balances in-class instruction with 15 students and online work.

For thousands of other parents, teachers and students, especially those outside of London, the decision of in-school or online learning must be agonizing...

“We need to be letting science and statistics drive a return to school, not just simply, ‘Look, we need to restart the economy, kids need to be in school, let’s have a full return,’ “ Imgrund said.
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Source: London Free Press