{"id":116775,"date":"2021-02-03T14:07:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116775"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:27:59","slug":"cdc-schools-can-reopen-safely-without-vaccinating-teachers-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-schools-can-reopen-safely-without-vaccinating-teachers-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC: Schools Can Reopen Safely Without Vaccinating Teachers Against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-schools-can-reopen-safely-without-vaccinating-teachers-against-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Vaccines-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reiterated on Wednesday that schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the CDC weighed into the ongoing debate over whether to reopen schools for in-person instruction, noting that schools that are currently welcoming students into classrooms with certain safety precautions in place have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-schools-with-in-person-learning-have-seen-scant-transmission-of-covid-19\">had only \u201cscant transmission<\/a>\u201d of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools different from nursing homes and high-density work sites where rapid spread has occurred,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/cdc-school-virus-spread\/2021\/01\/26\/bf949222-5fe6-11eb-9061-07abcc1f9229_story.html\">The Washington Post reported last Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cThe review, which echoes the conclusions of other researchers, comes as many school districts continue to wrestle with whether and how to reopen schools and as President Biden makes a return to in-person learning one of his top pandemic-related priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring,\u201d CDC researchers noted in an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association. \u201cThere has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe conclusion here is with proper prevention efforts\u2026we can keep transmission in schools and educational settings quite low,\u201d the study\u2019s lead author noted in the article. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know that at the beginning of the year but the data has really accumulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the CDC weighed in again, this time suggesting that a common teachers union demand \u2014 that all teachers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before being forced to return to classrooms \u2014 is not a necessary requirement for in-person learning to be done safely and with minimum risk of coronavirus transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated,\u201d President Joe Biden\u2019s CDC director, Rochelle Walensky, told reporters during a COVID-19 response team press conference Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccinations of teachers is not a prerequisite for safely reopening schools,\u201d she reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC remains concerned, largely, about extracurricular activities associated with school, rather than in-person instruction itself. As the agency pointed out in its JAMA article, there are records of significant coronavirus outbreaks associated with school athletics, particularly sporting events that are not typically held outdoors or where social distancing is not possible, like wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u2019s scientific recommendations seem to run contrary to statements made by teachers\u2019 unions. In places like Chicago, the nation\u2019s third-largest school district, the Chicago Teachers Union has repeatedly demanded that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/teachers-say-they-want-covid-19-vaccine-they-head-back-n1255915\">all teachers be vaccinated before returning to classrooms<\/a> and, where that is not possible&nbsp; \u2014 and where teachers live with unvaccinated individuals live with individuals vulnerable to the disease, teachers should be allowed to work from home indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia, lawmakers are pushing for staff-wide vaccinations before school resumes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-lawmaker-school-vaccinations-27k-teachers-unions\">per Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-schools-with-in-person-learning-have-seen-scant-transmission-of-covid-19\">Daily Wire reported last week<\/a>, the science is now weighing against keeping schools in lockdown. \u201cThe CDC\u2019s data [which says that schools may safely reopen with precautionary measures in place] does seem to echo data collected in other areas of the world, where students returned to in-person schooling in the fall, or, in some cases, were never locked out. The study also comes on the heels of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-55795608\">set of British statistics, released on Monday<\/a>, that suggest teachers are no more likely to get COVID-19 than other essential workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reiterated on Wednesday that schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated against COVID-19. 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