First Large-Scale Study Finds Child Care, Coupled with Infection Mitigation Efforts, is Not Associated With Spread of COVID-19
October 2020
Yale University researchers, in collaboration with Child Care Aware of America, conducted the first-ever large-scale assessment of the risk of working in child care during the pandemic. The study shows that child care programs that remained open and adhered to health and safety practices that prevent infection did not contribute to the spread of the virus. However, Black, Latino, and Native American providers were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 and be hospitalized. In counties with higher rates of coronavirus deaths – the study’s marker of community spread – child care workers were more likely to contract the virus. The research is published in Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and is also mentioned in this NPR article about the risks of reopening schools.
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