Episode 31: A scientist-parent on back-to-school season with Delta

First Opinion Podcast - A podcast by STAT

Alicia Zhou's son Davi was an early five years old when the pandemic started. Now, he's six and a half, entering the first grade. He's adjusted well to pandemic living as a young child, but Zhou says she's still worried sending him to in-person school. Luckily, as a chief science officer at a health technology company, she happens to be particularly qualified to advise schools on how that can happen safely. Zhou breaks down the risks and best precautions for this back-to-school season.