Rochelle Walensky, the newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) appeared on CBS “Meet the Press” today to discuss the CDC’s new school reopening guidelines. These are more thorough, and, if followed, probably more useful than previous CDC proposals. It is, however, a set of guidelines, not a mandate for action. It includes:
As an “overview,” it presents a table giving brief description of measures taken and identifying them as permitting low to high levels of transmission. They say that schools operating at the high end should not open.
Detailed instructions on the kinds of masks to wear, how to clean and care for them, etc.
Strict 6-foot distancing. They say this is necessary for full return to school, but, of course, without doubling (or more) the size of the schools, there’s no room for full return and 6-foot distancing.
