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According to studies, children are more likely to be infected with the coronavirus at home than at school. Pediatricians therefore advocate keeping the school going.
Düsseldorf – In view of the tightened measures to contain the fourth corona wave, pediatricians have warned against school closings again.
“I urgently advocate keeping the school running throughout the fourth wave,” said the President of the German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ), Jörg Dötsch, of the “Rheinische Post”. He referred to studies that show that children and adolescents are not infected in schools, but mainly in the family environment. On the contrary, the schools help to control infections in children – especially regular testing, wearing masks and hygiene measures are crucial ”.
Dötsch welcomed the clear rejection of the traffic light parties to renewed school closings. It is to be hoped that they will still remember it if the situation worsens and further measures are necessary.
The professional association of paediatricians (BVKJ) also warned of renewed severe restrictions for children and adolescents. “These must never be done before all other measures to protect against infection have been exhausted, including a general vaccination requirement for adults,” said BVKJ federal spokesman Jakob Maske of the “Rheinische Post”. The pediatrician pointed out the serious consequences of the lockdown measures for children and adolescents. An immense increase in psychiatric illnesses, obesity, gambling addiction, learning backlogs and the widening of the social gap can be observed. Schools may therefore only be closed as the “very last resort to deal with the pandemic”. dpa
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