Are we ready to live with Covid-19 like it's the flu, as vaccination rates cut the number of hospitalizations and deaths?
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Read More YOU ASKED. WE ANSWERED. Q: What can parents do to keep kids safe at school?A: One of the easiest ways parents can help infections stay out of school is to talk to their children every day to see how they are feeling and keep them home if they're sick. "The point is to make sure we do this before they get on the school bus," said Xiaoyan Song, director of infection control and epidemiology at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC.
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