Jan 5, 2021, 5:04 PM
(From the Washington Post) Teachers should be among the essential workers next in line for a COVID-19 vaccine, an advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended last week. But while some states plan to push for those vaccinations as a way to fast-track school reopenings, there remain big differences in approach among governors. How to bring back in-person learning – amid a winter COVID-19 surge and a slow vaccine rollout – remains an unanswered question.
In a recent interview, Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease official, has said it may not be until fall 2021 that schools can get “back to some form of normality.” He said he hopes that by the time the 2021-2022 school year begins this coming fall, enough people will have been vaccinated. “I think we could be in good shape, and so I am cautiously optimistic that we can do that and get back to some form of normality,” he said.
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