{"id":130760,"date":"2021-02-14T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=130760"},"modified":"2021-02-14T17:13:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T22:13:02","slug":"cdc-director-speaks-out-on-reopening-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-speaks-out-on-reopening-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC director speaks out on reopening schools"},"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\">14<\/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-director-speaks-out-on-reopening-schools%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=130760&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 id=\"attachment_2372103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2372103\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2372103\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21042110953643-777x437.jpg\" alt=\"In this Jan. 27, 2021, image from video, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaks during a White House briefing on the Biden administration&#039;s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. President Joe Biden\u2019s team is styling itself on war footing as it attacks the coronavirus pandemic. Top aides say the administration is using every \u201ctool the federal government has to battle on every front.\u201d (White House via AP)\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2372103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Jan. 27, 2021 image from video, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke during a White House briefing on the Biden administration\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:00 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, February 14, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Sunday that one of the main reasons schools may be unsafe to open yet is due to ventilations. She added it goes beyond coronavirus and children with asthma or other respiratory issues could be exposed to unsafe and unclean environments if schools are opened too soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Science shows us K-12 schools that have implemented strict <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> mitigation strategies have been able to safely open for in-person instruction &amp; remain open. Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCgov<\/a> released a roadmap on how to do this safely: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j7xzymsOfX\">https:\/\/t.co\/j7xzymsOfX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCDirector\/status\/1360304167227645953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, reports have shown COVID-19 transmission is low in schools and Walensky acknowledged reopening is really \u201cdependent on how much disease is in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur guidance has now been released,\u201d Walensky stated. \u201cIt was released on Friday and it specifically articulates the five key mitigation strategies that we need to keep our schools open and other layered mitigation strategies, including teacher vaccination, that are nonessential to get our schools open, but we do recommend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walensky also noted six feet of social distancing is relatively flexible if there\u2019s a low amount of community spread.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/navarro-slams-pence-over-refusal-to-block-certification-of-bidens-electoral-college-victory\/\">Navarro Slams Pence Over Refusal To Block Certification Of Biden\u2019s Electoral College Victory<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893432,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6350,4546,3735,3625],"class_list":["post-130760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-director","tag-reopening","tag-schools","tag-speaks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}