Quit my job, or risk serious illness? Parents and teachers face grueling decisions as US schools reopen

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First-grade teacher Amy Forehand was stunned to learn young students in her Georgia school district will return to classrooms by the end of this month.

More studies reveal how easily children can get and spread coronavirus. Hundreds of attendees at a Georgia summer camp came down with Covid-19,About 260 employees at Forehand's school district have already been infected or exposed to coronavirus, Gwinnett County Public Schools said. At least one teacher has resigned after being denied the option to teach from home.

While some parents have jobs that allow them to work from home, many are essential workers who must work jobs outside the house. Single parents and those without access to child care are at risk. "And so these parents are saying,"No way, no how. I'm not sending my child to school. I'm going to do what's safest. And if that means that things are going to be even harder for my family, then that's the way it's going to be."Speaking to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta during a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health forum on Wednesday, Dr.

Rutherford and a CDC report pointed out that the children were not wearing masks, there was regular singing and cheering, and that windows and doors were closed in the cabins. These closed windows and doors probably increased recirculated air and the risk factors, according to Rutherford. While children are far less likely to die from Covid-19 than adults, they can still pass the disease on to others.

 

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