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Biden adviser on schools reopening in the fall: 'We can't look in a crystal ball'
The Hill ^ | 05/02/21 01:35 PM EDT | JOSEPH CHOI

Posted on 05/03/2021 2:51:30 AM PDT by conservative98

Senior presidential adviser Anita Dunn said on Sunday that the unpredictable nature of the coronavirus pandemic makes it impossible for the Biden administration to say for certain whether or not schools could be reopened this fall.

During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," host Jake Tapper asked Dunn for clarification on the administration's stance on school reopenings, noting that President Biden had said in an interview that schools should probably reopen by the fall.

Dunn responded by pointing to the 80 percent of teachers who had received a vaccine so far.

"If you recall, a couple of months ago, the president made the announcement that we were going to have a special supply of vaccine dedicated precisely for this reason. Now, he said probably. He didn't say absolutely," Dunn said.

"But, given the science, if the vaccination program in this country proceeds, if people do go get their vaccines — he does believe that schools should be able to reopen in September, and reopen safely, following the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidelines," Dunn added. "But he said probably. He did not say absolutely, because we have all seen this since, unfortunately, January of 2020. It's an unpredictable virus.

"We can't look in a crystal ball and say what September looks like," Dunn said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anitadunn; biden; crystalball; schools; shutdown
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1 posted on 05/03/2021 2:51:30 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Get those god damn schools open! I mean closed. I mean opened. I mean...I don't know what I mean.
2 posted on 05/03/2021 2:54:07 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98
"But, given the science ...

Anything said after that, is probably a lie.

3 posted on 05/03/2021 2:55:29 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: conservative98

liars gonna lie


4 posted on 05/03/2021 3:00:35 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: conservative98

Who is holding his hand? And why?


5 posted on 05/03/2021 3:01:03 AM PDT by livius
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To: conservative98

Schools have been reopened in Indiana and Florida for almost a year.


6 posted on 05/03/2021 3:03:18 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 )
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To: conservative98

Down here in NC - even with a D Gov - our schools are open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday is a remote homework day.


7 posted on 05/03/2021 3:10:27 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: conservative98

Two weeks to slow the curve...


8 posted on 05/03/2021 3:11:01 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: conservative98

“”Mmmm, we’ll seeeeee. M’kay?”


9 posted on 05/03/2021 3:13:24 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: a fool in paradise

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking.

What are they going to try and do to us this summer?

Friends and I just yesterday were sitting having coffee together, like we’ve done every Sunday morning even during last year, chatting about the supply chain issues and the likely impact we’ll start seeing very soon.

Covid? More lockdowns and shutdowns were not even a consideration. The fact Dunn is not being forthcoming? Yeah, something’s already up and we’d do well to figure it out and get out in front of it.


10 posted on 05/03/2021 3:20:16 AM PDT by EBH (Republics are only meant for a good and moral people. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: conservative98

Union workers...they can ..........


11 posted on 05/03/2021 3:21:30 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: PeteB570

Republicans control the NC legislature 69 to 51 in the House and 28 to 21 in the Senate. They were just one vote shy of overriding Roy Cooper’s veto to strip him of emergency powers. My guess is that this scared him enough to finally relent in to (mostly) opening the public schools. Even then, he only relented a couple of months ago. Prior to that we had some of the least open schools in the country.


12 posted on 05/03/2021 3:28:49 AM PDT by LuxAerterna
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To: conservative98

This country is going to snap. Depending where you are, life is going to be hell. The Left is not going to let go.


13 posted on 05/03/2021 3:42:18 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: conservative98

It’s an opportunity to educate the kids properly instead of allowing the leftist teachers to poison them against American culture. Homeschool.


14 posted on 05/03/2021 3:46:29 AM PDT by familyop (Only here for the tales from the rubber room.)
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To: conservative98

Joey sure is messing up this Covid crap, isn’t he?

I was under the impression that he had all the answers and this pandemic would be resolved in a few weeks.


15 posted on 05/03/2021 3:59:58 AM PDT by Baldwin77 (The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
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To: conservative98

“We can’t look in a crystal ball and say what September looks like,” Dunn said.

But AOC uses that crystal ball to predice the end of the world


16 posted on 05/03/2021 4:21:03 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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I was under the impression that he had all the answers and this pandemic would be resolved in a few weeks.

I'm still waiting for that cure for Cancer that's locked away in his feeble brain.

17 posted on 05/03/2021 4:26:34 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST
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To: conservative98
Biden has no standing to open or close schools. Schools are run by school boards elected in each jurisdiction. The State governments have a say because they supply a significant amount of revenue extracted from tax payers.

Biden would be correct if he said the thought schools should reopen. Here in Western New York, ours have been open for months. Most schools do remote lessons at least one day per week while the schools cleaned. Our biggest question at the moment is how the state Regents Exams will be administrated. Both my wife and daughter are teachers. They have been adapting to changes in the system all year.

18 posted on 05/03/2021 4:26:35 AM PDT by RetiredScientist
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To: conservative98

Are we all going to get Covid again this summer?

Is it the neverending disease we get every year until we all die from it?

Dumbest. pandemic. ever.


19 posted on 05/03/2021 4:37:47 AM PDT by UNGN
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To: conservative98

20 posted on 05/03/2021 4:53:48 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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