The state of Iowa issued its second denial of a school district s request to hold online classes since August on Friday this time to the Iowa City Community School District.
In an ongoing disagreement between state and local health and education officials in Iowa about what constitutes safe learning conditions amid a global pandemic, the Iowa Department of Education denied the Iowa City district s request to temporarily hold classes remotely beginning Monday, Jan. 11, on the basis that Johnson County s 14-day virus positivity rates, which have hovered between 11% and 13% this week after falling to as low as 6.9% shortly after Christmas, are currently too low to justify online-only learning.
People walk at Reagan National Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday in Arlington, Va., November 25, 2020.
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On the menu today: Dr. Deborah Birx saw her family around Thanksgiving, raising questions about just how risky it is for you to see your family for Christmas this week; the CDC votes to prioritize those over 75 and “frontline essential workers”; and the secretary of state and the president have some public disagreements about the recent massive hack into secure government computer systems.
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The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 3.1 % HIGHER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 11.9 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 6.2 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are at a record 247,000
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at a record 3,656
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at a record 113,069
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases marginally worsened, hospitalizations marginally improved, and deaths worsened
Stay-at-Home Orders Not An Effective Tool In Government Pandemic Response.