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Asymptomatic can also test positive. so limiting testing to just those who are symptomatic is not entirely consistent with the science we have learned over the last several months. >> do you think testing is essential to keep schools open? >> i think it is one of several layers that can help keep stools open. we learned of the fallen fact, we kept 95% of kids back in school in person, that layers work, and layers include surveillance testing and universal mask, using the $10 billion provided in ...

To answer her allegations. in the us coronavirus cases are currently averaging about 400,000 each day, thats according to data collected byjohns hopkins university. schools across the country are reopening this week amid a surge in the 0micron variant but a shortage in at—home rapid tests across the country has made reopening more difficult. the us food and drug administration has now expanded vaccine booster eligibility to allow 12—to is—year—olds to receive a third shot of the pfizer�...

Testing? >> im a mother. i have three children that attend chicago public schools. a seventh grader, fifth grader and second-grader. their lives have been disrupted. my son doesnt have a science reading or math teacher because those teachers resigned because it was too much and a lack of support. our lives have been turned upside down and our mayor is tone deaf and doesnt connect well with the people who need her leap erleadership the most. im angry that once again were being placed in a situati...

These past two years on reducing as much as possible the risk of infection. and with that, i dont think we paid enough attention to the risks to mental health by keeping kids out of school. so sending your kids to school does involve some risk. and so it is important to look and see is your school taking this seriously. and have they addressed issues of ventilation, and social distancing. are they requiring masks, are teachers and staff required to be vaccinated if those things are in place and ...

Continue to have my children be in a safe environment that all science is saying is the best place for them. >> does the science say the best place for kids is in school? >> i think its one of the safest places in society. other than just being at home in a home where you know covid does not exist. other than that, you know, schools, if they have certain things in place, as was just mentioned, including testing and testing programs, masking, good ventilation. you can argue that schools are one o...

And ensure what were seeing in adults, what were seeing in other countries experienced broadly holds up when you look at young children. the best advice that i have is to try and reduce the chances that your children get covid by following public health advice. >> that public health advice, as you know, dr. besser, to date, you hear this -- we heard it again on cnn this morning from the surgeon general, which is going to school is just fine with mitigation. mask wearing, better ventilation, et c...

Masking is important. vaccinations for everybody eligible. thats important. better ventilation if possible and then testing. is there anything more that schools can do to make schools even safer, assuming theyre doing those four things, and i dont know that every school is, but assuming they are, is there more that can be done so teachers and faculty can feel comfortable about schools staying open? >> those are clearly the big ones. weve seen some school districts that started going in a bifurca...

The superintendent of that district. thank you for taking the time this morning. >> thank you, jim, glad to be here. >> so the surgeon general said on our network this morning that with mitigation measures such as masking and ventilation that it should be safe for students to return to school unless schools have staffing shortages due to positive tests. in your county, how many teachers are out? do you have staffing shortages? >> well, you should know that this week our teachers and employees ar...

Detroit and washington, dc in particular. new york city is trying to do that. la is trying to do that. and what youre seeing is that the surge of the virus is so great that it will force, and it is forcing, some schools and school districts to go on to remote, even though everyone wants to be in person right now. there is not a teacher or parent or school administrator or union head who would not tell you that, of course, being in person is the best, and that is what we are trying to do, but the...