CDC Sets Guidance for Schools to Reopen Safely in Pandemic
- Recommendations include mitigation strategies, including masks
- States urged to make teacher shots a priority, not a mandate
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stepped into the longstanding debate over whether and how to keep schools open during a pandemic, issuing guidance Friday to safely put students back in class.
The agency outlined mitigation strategies that include the proper use of masks, social distancing of six feet, strict cleaning and maintenance of classrooms, and rapid contact tracing. And while the guidance doesn’t mandate reopenings, the CDC calls it “critical for schools to open as safely and as quickly as possible for in-person learning.”