Posted on 07/09/2020 8:48:21 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield clarified Thursday that the agency would not be revising their guidelines, but instead offering “different reference documents” for local governments and school districts to review as they begin to determine whether they can safely reopen schools this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Redfield, on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday, said he wanted to “clarify” the CDC’s guidelines.“It’s not a question of opening schools versus public health,” he said. “Students are best served by getting schools reopened.”
He, again, confirmed the CDC was not making revisions to their guidelines at this point, saying: “Right now, we’re continuing to work with local jurisdictions on how they want to take the guidance to make practical on how they can reopen.”
Redfield said some of the guidance includes keeping students six feet apart, wearing face coverings and “looking at changes in schedule.”
He noted that some schools were concerned about social distancing, while others were concerned about face masks or rotating schedules.
“These decisions are local decisions,” he said. “We are prepared to work with any school on how they can take this guidance and do it in a way that is comfortable for them.”
Redfield added that the guidelines “are intentionally non-prescriptive.”
“We put out a spectrum of strategies, schools are committed to reopening safely, just as the CDC is,” Redfield said.
Redfield’s comments come amid a week of discussions on whether schools will be able to reopen this fall, even as cases of the novel coronavirus surge in states across the country.
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As soon as schools reopen, at least ONE school will experience "A SURGE" in covid cases.
From this the 'experts' (and the media) will declare we're moving to fast and we need to pull back.
Every localized "SURGE" will be proof 'we're headed in the wrong direction'.
This is a manufactured crisis that will never end.
There will be no normal school for most of the country.......
CDC runs the country along with the slip and fall lawyers..
The media has scared parents and kids into thing they will all get sick if they go back to a normal school...
My daughter and her two kids are scared to death...they had a fit when we went in Wal Mart and half the people did not have masks on...they live in Mass. and we live in Florida..
This could go on for years????
Sheesh, that guy is bobbing, weaving and equivocating almost as much as Fauci.
For 3 years Trump did magnificent work to shed regulations and fix the economy.
It has all been undone in a few months.
CDC now issues reams of regulations on everything down to the smallest minutia of daily life.
Schools open in MAy in France
There was surge in 1 school
Everyone took notice, shrugged their shoulders wen it was a one- off and keep schools open
That's not how it works in the US; especially while Trump is President.
Trump needs to take this opportunity to dismantle the public school system. Leave this up to the parents. Issue vouchers and support alternative schools and venues of education.
I understand carriers of the active virus, one who can affect another, always has a fever. Is that correct? If so, then by taking temperatures of teachers and students entering school should be a requirement, Those with temps are sent home.
Another question: if the six foot separation is in effect, why is a mask needed? And if the mask is required, why can’t they be closer than six feet.
we’ll masks are not. one hundred percent .....so you still need six feet for a long time exposure..teachers union gets to double in size.
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