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Do you recommend that children with sickle cell disease refrain from returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If schools are open and there is no special infectious risk at the school in question, then it would likely be appropriate to send your child with sickle cell anemia to school. There is no evidence of extra risk of COVD in patients who have had an autosplenectomy and no evidence of particular proble...
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Answer from: at Community Practice
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America recently published this checklist to assist with the decision on school re-entry for children with sickle cell disease.