Jul 9, 2021, 4:32 PM
(from the New York Times) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance on Friday urging schools to fully reopen in the fall, even if they cannot take all of the steps the agency recommends to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The agency also called on school administrators to use local health data to guide decisions about when to tighten or relax prevention measures like mask wearing and physical distancing. Officials said they were confident this is the correct approach, even with the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, and the fact that children under 12 are not yet eligible for vaccination. The new guidance strongly urges schools to promote vaccination, which it called “one of the most critical strategies to help schools safely resume full operations.”
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