Matt N
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I think it would actually be a pretty good idea to vaccinate teachers and school students. That way, you could open schools in future without anywhere near the same degree of worry.Lateral flow tests have value but are not really a solution for schools. Their main value is in catching asymptomatic carriers of the virus as those people will never get a test and be identified. However the lat flow tests are not perfect and won’t overall stop an outbreak in a school once it’s taken hold.
I think there is an interesting debate around vaccinating school age kids sooner rather than later. I suspect however that won’t happen until more than a couple of million adults have been vaccinated and confidence grows in the rare event safety profile of the vaccine (rare event safety of any drug is always assessed after a drug is approved for anyone worried about safety approval).