Wow. What an embarrassing interview. Walensky just sacrificed all her credibility.
Tapper asks her to provide scientific justification for not reopening schools tomorrow with precautions and she simply can’t.
Tapper asks her to provide scientific justification for not reopening schools tomorrow with precautions and she simply can’t.
https://twitter.com/cnnsotu/status/1360977581584039944
Tapper notes that 99% of kids currently fall into CDC red zones that would give an excuse for schools not to have in-person learning. But many of those kids have had at least partial in-person learning since Sept w no issues. Clearly the guidance isn’t prioritizing the science.
JT: I thought the science said we should open the schools if we take the safety steps. We took the safety steps and we are not opening the schools?
Walensky suggests you need universal masking etc. as a prerequisite, but that’s clearly not what the science says.
Walensky suggests you need universal masking etc. as a prerequisite, but that’s clearly not what the science says.
Btw CDC is tying schools reopening to community spread, but:
"Depending on various metrics, between 48 percent and 72 percent say the extent of virus spread in a community is not an important indicator of whether schools should be open"
nytimes.com/2021/02/11/ups…
"Depending on various metrics, between 48 percent and 72 percent say the extent of virus spread in a community is not an important indicator of whether schools should be open"
nytimes.com/2021/02/11/ups…
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