# Opening schools

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So went into [the supplement](https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2020/09/29/science.abd7672.DC1/abd7672_Laxminarayan_SM.pdf) for the exact numbers.

India incidence per 10,000:  
0-4 years 6.3  
5-17 years 12.7  
18-29 years 39.2  
30-39 years 45.3

U.S. incidence per 10,000:  
0-4 years 33.5  
5-17 years 46.1  
18-29 years 165.6  
30-39 years 157.3

The U.S. has 4x more incidence in the 4 and under group, and nearly the same _multiple_ in the 5 to 17 group. To a very rough approximation pretty much each of these age cohorts in India had 25% of the cases as the same age cohort in the U.S. Child case rates in the U.S. are low but in India they _really_ low.

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