If Schools Follow CDC Guidance, Biden's Reopening Goals Could Be Hard To Reach
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest school guidelines are running into complicated facts on the ground, especially when it comes to physical distancing and community spread.
Updated at 2:43 p.m. ET
President Biden has said many times that he wants most schools to be open by his 100th day in office, April 30. And on Friday, Feb. 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines intended to help schools operate in person safely. But some argue these guidelines will do the opposite, and if followed strictly, would actually force schools to close.
"Wake up call to parents! If schools start following this new guidance strictly, kids are not getting back to full-time school," Joseph Allen, the director of Harvard's Healthy Buildings Program. Maybe not even by next fall, he said.
