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Why shutting down schools to prevent coronavirus spread could actually make it worse

SEATTLE - The University of Washington announced Friday it was moving all instruction online for the next two weeks, keeping more than 50,000 students out of classrooms as the death toll from COVID-19 continued to rise.

At least 16 public elementary and secondary schools in the state have also closed, along with more than a dozen private ones, according to state officials.

There were calls for more closures in the Seattle area, the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, but health officials warned that such

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