Anthony Fauci:
In some places, Judy, that may be the case.
I mean, you told me that the default position should be to try to keep the schools open or to keep them open. But the thing that matters in this country is that, if you look at the green, the yellow and the red states, like the definitions that you know so well about percent positive, number of cases per 100,000, in the green areas , green state, city, province, you can open the school, I’m sure, with a degree of punishment, because the level of infection is so low.
When you get to the yellow states, you need to realize that you have infection in your community. That, you should have the ability to protect the children and the teachers by doing certain things.
And you leave it to the local authorities to find out what is best for them. But they are well spelled in the CDC guidelines, with masks, windows open, outside, if you can, that sort of thing.
I have to say that if you are in a red area, state, city or province, then you really need to think better before you just jump into school. And so – and the people without my say do not like that should realize that the best way to get your school open is to get out of a red zone, into a yellow zone, into a green zone.
So, if you want your schools to open, bring your community level down, to a safe level.
