The new CDC guidelines say the reopening is "critically" ""
The director of the CDC, Robert Redfield, MD, said: "It is essential critically for our public health" to do so.
The United States has just arrivedFour million cases coronavirus Thursday, and one million these cases have come over the last 15 days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As the figures continued to move in the wrong direction, the nation officials were confronted with the decision to decide which business can remain open andwho needs to close for the concern for public health. And although some decisions are clearer (bars and gyms, for example, have been named Time and Time at a time as spreading covid propagation areas), others are more difficult. But themost controversial place of all when it comes to reopening has clearly been schools.
Although disease control centers and prevention position (CDC) on the issue have been a cause of debate, the Agency has just published aComplete set of school guidelines Designed to help local directors and local managers decide how best to reopen. And now, the position of the CDC on the question is clear. In a statement, director CDCRobert Redfield, MD, says, "It is of crucial importance for our public health to open schools this fall. "
Opening schools In the midst of this public health crisis is a remarkably difficult problem, for which there are no easy solutions. Closed schools and distance learning were disturbing many levels last spring, especially for parents working on their children at school during their hours of work. "School closures have disrupted usual lifestyles for children and parents, and they have had negative health consequences on our youth," said Redfield. "CDC is ready to work with K-12 schools to reopen safely while protecting the most vulnerable."
The guidelines of the CDC School appear to say that the reopening schools may not be as risky as some people think. "The best available evidence indicates that Covid-19 poses relativelyWeak risks for school-aged children"Redfield continued." Children seem to be less efficient to contract Covid-19 compared to adults. To put this into perspective, according to the disease control and prevention centers (CDC), as of July 17, 2020, the United States reported that children and adolescents under the age of 18 represent less than 7% of COVID-19 cases at least 0.1% of CVIV-19 deaths. "
He added that: "Scientific studies suggest that the transmission of COVID-19 in children can be low. International studies that have evaluated the way in which the propagations of Covid-19 in schools also reveal to low transmission rates when community transmission is low. "
On the other side of theReopening of the debate on the schoolHowever, however, civic leaders are seriously concerned in the potentially crowded inland definition of most classroom environments that can broadcast the virus of family members of the students at home. A recently published study by the CDC watched young people in South Korea and found thatthose between 10 and 19 years old are themost likely to spread coronavirus in their households. Researchers examined 5,700 people who reported coronavirus symptoms over the months preceding South Korea. They then followed nearly 60,000 contacts of the original cases. Overall, researchers said: "We have detected Covid-19 in 11.8% of household contacts; rates were higher for children's contacts than adults". However, the researchers found that the covidation rate among household contacts of children under 10 was the lowest of all age groups.
During an appearance of July 24 onToday's show, Working House of the Coronavirus of the White HouseDeborah Birx, MD, said, "We certainly know other studies thatChildren under 10 years old are infected. ... it's not clear how quickly they spread the virus. "
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Much of these new guidelines are large lengths to reaffirm the crucial role played by schools in society. "Schools are a significant portion of community infrastructure because they provide safe learning and student support environments, employ teachers and other staff and allow parents, guardians and caregivers. to work ", is clearly clear. It also notes: "This orientation is intended, above all, to protect the health, safety and well-being of students, teachers, other members of the school staff, their families and communities."
But despite the tenor encouraging the document, it ultimately leads decisions on school operations to remain on the leaders of the local community. "Directors should make decisions in collaboration with local health officials on the basis of a number of factors, including the level of Community transmission, if the cases are identified between students, teachers or staff, WHAT OTHER INDICATORS Local public health officials use to evaluate the status of COVID-19, and that students, teachers, and cohorts of staff are implemented within the school, "the direction reads as follows .
The reopening of schools is a complicated issue with which each community is currently prey. In an opinion articleThe Boston Globe, HARVARD GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE (HGHI) DirectorAshish jha, MD, wrote: "We canSchools open safely. This means that the meeting of two sets of conditions: the level of community coronavirus must be weak and the school itself must be prepared. And for more than how they can be, discoverThese are the only schools in 2 ways can open safely, says Harvard Doctor