Des Moines Public Schools custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Getting children back to school safely could mean keeping high-risk spots like bars and gyms closed. That's the latest thinking from some public health experts.
Schools are crucial to communities in ways that go beyond basic learning. They also provide children with friends, food and other support systems. The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly supports children physically returning to classrooms. But if a community has a high level of infection, public health experts say reopening classrooms will be risky, even if schools try to require masks and follow social distancing guidelines.
Children are less likely to become seriously ill than adults, and there’s not much evidence that children are driving transmission, said Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University’s COVID-19 Testing Insights Initiative. Still, there is a risk they could transmit the virus to others, including teachers or vulnerable people they live with.“That is a reason to think about how to improve safety and to reduce the risk in school environments,” Nuzzo said.
EducationMN Why one or the other? That makes no sense.
Just wait until a whole bunch of innocent children’s killed by their parents , and the parents come out blaming the school
Put your kids and family members in harm's way so a deranged person can continue his rain of terror and destruction of the country. If one out of ten kids was assured of getting shot in school every day would they still send them for the guy?
Texas 2,628 Covid deaths 11,431 Influenza deaths California 6,374 Covid deaths 17,838 Influenza deaths (2009 H1NI was declare a global pandemic when only 12,000 died) Virginia 1,853 Covid deaths 3,226 Influenza deaths Georgia 2,878 Covid deaths 4,266 Influenza deaths
Dear AP, tone matters. By putting your second sentence before your third, even if unintentionally, you create the impression he wants something everyone else does. Most want safety first.
Thousands upon thousands of protests around this country with people next to each other but kids can’t go back to school. Makes sense🙄
Open everything!! If your scared of this BS virus or your obese then stay home🤦🏿♀️
Where does Baron go to school and what are they doing to protect ALL?
stupid reporting analysis and conclusions
overwhelming number of parents don't Ass Press
If we don't open schools, parents will need those bars open. I hope our schools are the more useful of the two options.
950 reported positive cases of COVID-19 — 307 children and 643 staff members — at 668 TX child care locations. Imagine schools in the Fall.
Do you know how insane that sounds?
rubbish. This is a scam, just go back to normal
Trump wants coronavirus tests to stop. Then, put 56 million school kids in close contact w/ each other who then go home to 100 million voters. He’s attempting to spread COVID19 as fast as possible, while trying to void and/or prohibit mail-in ballots. Blatant voter suppression.
gut this fish Send a message to repressive and elitists leaders by charging Trump with CrimesAgainstHumanity
Educators selfishly dont want it. They got very used to chillin' at home.
And he wants to do it without safe guidelines. Just like his refusal to wear a mask or observe safe distance guidelines. He isn’t doing this for the children, he’s doing it for his own benefit.
Imagine what the Covid numbers in USA would be like now if the POTUS cares about the COVIDvirus as much as he obsessed about the “wall” or “economy” we would be like other countries with low numbers and wouldn’t have to worry about school starting.
After 239 scientists send their letters to the World Health Organisation saying the coronavirus is dangerously airborne, WHO finally say that the coronavirus might be airborne!!!
Schools should reopen...
I fail to see a correlation.
Where do they eat? You can’t put 600 kids in a cafe. How do you social distance 22 -30 kids in a classroom? What do you do when 33 percent of your staff is sick and no subs and they have to be out for 14 days. How do you bus? Are you checking every kids temp? So many questions
How about opening none of them.
Brings to mind a line from the movie The Wizard of Oz “I’ll get you and your little dog too”
Trump and GOP actually want to sacrifice the elderly (it's on video) and now children for the economy and his re-election. TrumpIsKillingUs TrumpKillsChildren
Keep YOUR children HOME until there is a Covid19 vaccine This PLAGUE is NOT going away any time soon. Listen to the EXPERTS - Scientists, NOT THREATS - trump has made a National Health Crisis, a Political issue. The CDC must act for the safety of OUR children- NOT THREATS.
Trump: 👐fake☝🤘 news👌
We now have two detrimental issues before us. The ‘Corona Virus’ and the ‘Con Virus’ both are viral! ‘Con V. Us’ or ‘Con Us’? You decide to die or D.E.C.I.D.E! ‘Determined’ to ‘Educate’ on ‘Corona Virus’ and it’s ‘Insidious’ infectiouness, ‘Develop’ ways to ‘Eradicate’ both!
School is a priority and they must have in person learning or they may as way fully close schools bc distance learning doesn’t work.
Good. Kids NEED to learn. Us adults can figure out what else to do besides going to a bar or gym.
So the little crotch goblins can be in school but the parents can't go to a bar to get away from the little Satan spawn? Not really sure that's a good idea but whatever.
There shouldn’t be a correlation there...and if Biden were talking about sending kids back to school Dems would be all for it.
Listening to Donald Trump is why there's a giant spike right now. We would be better off doing the opposite of everything he says, until he figures that out after a few....months.
So while more states report fresh spikes and local lockdowns, Trump is back to demanding schools reopen. His brain works in a pretty unique manner doesn't it, ignore reality and just spout utter nonsense...
Obvious choice is to open the schools
My kid will not be returning to school. Good luck to those who do. I pray nothing bad happens.
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