{"id":471836,"date":"2021-05-04T18:20:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=471836"},"modified":"2021-05-04T18:20:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:20:39","slug":"white-house-defends-cdc-consulting-teachers-union-over-school-reopening-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-defends-cdc-consulting-teachers-union-over-school-reopening-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Defends CDC Consulting Teachers Union Over School Reopening Guidelines"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-defends-cdc-consulting-teachers-union-over-school-reopening-guidelines%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=471836&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\/05\/79FDEE20-B6C9-4F1F-8C94-22C5A3BC8A8B_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Tuesday, the White House answered reports that a top teachers union played a part in the structuring of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) coronavirus guidelines for the reopening of schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s actually longstanding best practice for the CDC to engage with organizations, groups that are going to be impacted by guidance and recommendations issued by the agency,\u201d press secretary\u00a0Jen Psaki\u00a0said in a statement, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/551743-white-house-defends-cdc-outreach-to-teachers-union-in-developing\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Hill. \u201cIt\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0mean they are taking everything they want, or even a percentage of what they want.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBut it\u2019s important to understand the implementation components,\u201d\u00a0Psaki\u00a0continued. \u201cThey do so to ensure that recommendations are feasible and that they adequately address the safety and well-being of the individuals the guidance is aimed to protect. So, the CDC engaged with around 50 stakeholders that are on the front lines in this pandemic and have requisite perspective for the guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-nations-second-largest-teachers-union-influenced-cdc-on-school-reopening-guidelines-delayed-return-to-classrooms\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), led by Randi Weingarten, appears to have lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep schools shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic and \u201ceven suggested language for the federal agency\u2019s school-reopening guidance released in February,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/01\/teachers-union-collaborated-with-cdc-on-school-reopening-emails\/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&#038;utm_medium=site%20buttons&#038;utm_campaign=site%20buttons\"><span class=\"s1\">a Saturday report from the New York Post<\/span><\/a>, based on emails between the AFT and CDC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe powerful teachers union\u2019s full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT, and White House officials show,\u201d the Post reported Saturday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The Post,\u201d the outlet noted. \u201cThe documents show a flurry of activity between CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, her top advisors, and union officials \u2014 with Biden brass being looped in at the White House \u2014 in the days before the highly-anticipated Feb. 12 announcement on school-reopening guidelines.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The CDC later admitted that \u201cscience\u201d was not the sole driving factor in establishing its school reopening guidelines and that officials coordinated with \u201coutside groups\u201d to make its recommendations on the subject,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-director-admits-its-not-just-science-that-affects-our-guidance-on-opening-schools\"><span class=\"s1\">per a report from The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Now, the Post notes that those \u201coutside groups\u201d included the nation\u2019s second-largest teachers union, which seems to have prevented the CDC from using the language it wanted: \u201cthat schools could provide in-person instruction regardless of community spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The AFT reportedly demanded that the CDC not make a blanket statement on reopening schools or include language demanding accommodations for teachers \u201cwho have documented high-risk conditions or who are at increased risk for \u2026 COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhat seems strange to me here is there would be this very intimate back and forth including phone calls where this political group gets to help formulate scientific guidance for our major public health organization in the United States,\u201d one medical expert told the Post. \u201cThis is not how science-based guidelines should work or be put together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">AFT President Randi Weingarten pushed back against the reports in a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1388872779634720772\"><span class=\"s1\">tweets<\/span><\/a> over the weekend, saying that the outlet did not fully publish her quote and misattributed it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Weingarten said, \u201cWe stand by the feedback we gave the CDC. They are good common sense measures like accommodating those who are at high risk- and that\u2019s why the CDC agreed to them. I\u2019m never going to apologize for advocating for teachers, for school staff, for our students &#038; for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.31847133758\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once again the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYPost<\/a> has a hit piece out on AFT \u2013 this time that is trying to make everyday advocacy look nefarious. I&#8217;m not linking to the article, because they don&#8217;t deserve clicks for this, but I do want to say a few things about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D8iG0e8eYD\">pic.twitter.com\/D8iG0e8eYD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1388868632822812672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Daily Wire reported that both the union and the CDC defended working together on the guidelines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i><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><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the White House answered reports that a top teachers union played a part in the structuring of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) coronavirus guidelines for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277327,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/79FDEE20-B6C9-4F1F-8C94-22C5A3BC8A8B_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"White House Defends CDC Consulting Teachers Union Over School Reopening Guidelines","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/79FDEE20-B6C9-4F1F-8C94-22C5A3BC8A8B_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"White House Defends CDC Consulting Teachers Union Over School Reopening Guidelines","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471836","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=471836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}