CDC planning to release new guidance on how K-12 students can physically return to classroom. 7/6/20

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Kids need to go to school and come back not sick. Every day.

There FTFY.

You need to homeschool, not just now during the pandemic, but always. Kids go to school, kids get sick, that's what happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad they are doing this. They must have the science now to back up this recommendation.

Do they? I just read that WHO is coming out with a report based on over 200 international scientists who are stating that the virus is indeed spread in the air, not just via droplets. How can anything indoors especially be safe?

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Anonymous wrote:From CNN today: 7/6/20
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to release new guidance on how K-12 students can physically return to the classroom this year, according to a senior CDC official with knowledge of the discussions.

The recommendation was presented internally to leaders at the CDC early last week and is “a priority this week,” according to the senior official. Over the weekend, senior officials at the agency presented CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield with details on the science behind why schools should reopen, the source said. The specifics of the guidance were not available.

“Schools should be the first to open and the last to close,” the official said. “Kids need to physically be in school."
The officials comments' echo that of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which put out new guidance last week that "…strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school.”

Thank you OP for posting this. Kids need to go to school.

Kids need to go to school and come back not sick. Every day.

There FTFY.

No worries. I know enough statistics to gauge Covid's risk with respect to dozens of other hazards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So glad they are doing this. They must have the science now to back up this recommendation.

Do they? I just read that WHO is coming out with a report based on over 200 international scientists who are stating that the virus is indeed spread in the air, not just via droplets. How can anything indoors especially be safe?

Do you think all indoor activities should be prohibited, or just the ones that occur in school buildings?

[Anonymous]

Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

+100

I’m not particularly anxious about covid, but I’m skeptical that anything this administration says is based on science; I assume it’s actually based on a need to try to get the economy going and people feeling normal before they vote this fall.

[Anonymous]

Back in March/April, the CDC told everyone that wearing masks is not important and ineffective. They lied to all of us because of the shortages of masks. But instead to telling us the truth, they lied and said it was ineffective.

Now you’re going to believe them when it is directed by the White House, months away from the Presidential defection, where their key campaign message is jobs and the economy.

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^ Presidential election, not defection.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

+100

I’m not particularly anxious about covid, but I’m skeptical that anything this administration says is based on science; I assume it’s actually based on a need to try to get the economy going and people feeling normal before they vote this fall.

Forget about the administration. I can follow and interpret the scientific findings about Covid by myself. This is blown out of proportion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

WHO says school should be outside. Teachers don't want to go back into the buildings. Pediatricians who know as much about pandemics as an effective user of Google are now guiding our response? Let Fauci speak instead.

[Anonymous]

They can release all the guidance they want, but it's not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

WHO says school should be outside. Teachers don't want to go back into the buildings. Pediatricians who know as much about pandemics as an effective user of Google are now guiding our response? Let Fauci speak instead.

Fauci already said schools should open if the local circumstances allow it. And MoCo is doing great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

WHO says school should be outside. Teachers don't want to go back into the buildings. Pediatricians who know as much about pandemics as an effective user of Google are now guiding our response? Let Fauci speak instead.

I would teach outside. However, my school is located on University Blvd. I wonder how noisy it would be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So glad they are doing this. They must have the science now to back up this recommendation.

Do they? I just read that WHO is coming out with a report based on over 200 international scientists who are stating that the virus is indeed spread in the air, not just via droplets. How can anything indoors especially be safe?

Do you think all indoor activities should be prohibited, or just the ones that occur in school buildings?

DP. I think that given the facts any indoor gatherings need to without exception allow for safe distancing (not this 3 foot nonesense which is not enough) and full time masks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you really think you can rely on anything this administration says when it comes to your family's safety?

+100

I’m not particularly anxious about covid, but I’m skeptical that anything this administration says is based on science; I assume it’s actually based on a need to try to get the economy going and people feeling normal before they vote this fall.

of course that is the top priority of the administration
public health is far down the list of concerns