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Aug 8, 2020
1 min

WA Guidance released suggests our elementary schools should open!

Grateful that the Washington state guidance was released and is posted and linked below. The communities in the Issaquah School District...

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Our Students, Families, & Staff deserve to know what Key Indicators will trigger in-person learning!

Harlan Gallinger, MD

Aug 1, 2020
2 min

Our Students, Families, & Staff deserve to know what Key Indicators will trigger in-person learning!

School districts across King County have elected to begin the school year 100% remote. What has not been discussed publicly, is what the...

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Not all King County is the same, so not all King County School Districts should have the same plan

Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jul 29, 2020
3 min

Not all King County is the same, so not all King County School Districts should have the same plan

While there is no question that there has been an increase of COVID-19 cases in King County during the month of July that has inspired mu...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jul 19, 2020
2 min

Don't believe the eye-catching titles!

So, there is a lot of misinformation swirling out there about young children, COVID-19, and reopening schools safely. The Seattle Times ...

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Countywide median COVID-19 cases <1.0 per 1,000 age 5-9

Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jul 10, 2020
1 min

Countywide median COVID-19 cases <1.0 per 1,000 age 5-9

King County has provided the COVID-19 data by 5-year age bands as requested. Here is a snapshot which shows denser populations have high...

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Young Children are Less Susceptible to COVID-19 Transmission & to Spreading COVID-19

Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jul 7, 2020
4 min

Young Children are Less Susceptible to COVID-19 Transmission & to Spreading COVID-19

The research is very consistent across the globe that young children appear to be less susceptible to acquiring COVID-19, not only in the...

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Research demonstrates benefit of 1 meter physical distancing, benefit for 2 meters is questionable

Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jun 24, 2020
1 min

Research demonstrates benefit of 1 meter physical distancing, benefit for 2 meters is questionable

If hospitals and long term care facilities would be "High Baseline Risk for Infection," (Blue line) schools would be Low (Green line) or ...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jun 20, 2020
1 min

Denmark schools distancing 3 feet and cases continue to decrease!

Wanted to share this information in case you haven't seen it. Denmark reduced the distancing guidelines for schools to 1 meter. Element...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jun 18, 2020
2 min

Facemasks have not been shown to decrease transmission of respiratory viruses in children

After the SARS outbreak in 2003 (which was also a coronavirus that originated in Asia), there were many studies that looked at respirator...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jun 10, 2020
5 min

Op-Ed I wrote that Seattle Times which refused to publish

We need to admit that these 3 months of education have by and large been a failure for a majority of students across the state of Washing...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

Jun 2, 2020
2 min

Why doesn't Washington have a plan?

Our schools have been closed for almost 3 months and our state still does not have a plan to reopen. Why not? Please challenge your Leg...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

May 31, 2020
2 min

Ask the Seattle Times to ask our leaders the hard questions!

Seattle Times and other local media needs to be challenged to ask different questions about school closures and serology testing. The ar...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

May 29, 2020
1 min

Emergency Care is Essential!

Heart attacks did not just stop happening with the advent of COVID-19, yet we are not seeing them present to our emergency departments. ...

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Harlan Gallinger, MD

May 29, 2020
2 min

Why is the WA Attorney General going after small businesses?

It seems that this approach is more politically motivated to sensationalize the news, rather than a collaborative approach to figure out ...

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My Proposal for Phased Re-Opening of Our Schools

Harlan Gallinger, MD

May 29, 2020
1 min

My Proposal for Phased Re-Opening of Our Schools

On April 10, 2020, I sent a letter to state Superintendent Chris Reykdal and Governor Inslee asking for them to consider re-opening our s...

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