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The enigma of the return of students to schools is difficult, since the optimism that guided infectious disease specialists in the previous days with the continuous decline in cases, seems to have disappeared due to the current doubling of cases and the persistence of critical indicators at elevated levels in certain areas such as West Attica and Kozani.
In this climate, today’s teleconference of the Committee of Experts, in the presence of the Minister of Education, Nikis Kerameos, turned out to be episodic, since its members not only could not agree, but they did not even present two proposals, which they would submit to vote. .
The government’s intention is to open schools immediately, after the Festival of Lights. However, there has been a strong divergence of opinions among scientists, with some of them distancing themselves from the government’s intention to open on January 8 or 11. Concern was also expressed as to whether the vaccination of teachers should be prioritized.
Furthermore, the course of the pandemic is a dynamic process, with epidemiological data that changes from day to day. Therefore, at present the final decision of the experts cannot be prejudged.
Now, the Commission will present its proposal with the new year and specifically on January 4, in the “for five” of the possible opening and without the cases saying that they are reduced to the levels expected by the experts to move to the next step.
The three sentences
According to the APE-MPE, the majority of the members of the Committee demonstrated in favor of the opening of the schools on January 8, 2021, a date that has been announced since the beginning of December. This group of experts believes that children do not get seriously ill, while they base their opinion on the fact that children are very psychologically tired and are away from their natural environment for a long time.
In the same category can be included the individual voices that spoke out in favor of the horizontal opening of schools on January 11, which is also Monday, thus giving students a few more days of rest. 
It is a fairly popular scenario to open elementary schools first, if the data is good after the New Year and then about 15 days later, follow secondary schools and high schools.
These infectious disease specialists are concerned about the opening of secondary education and especially secondary schools, where contagion is increasing.
Finally, there is a group that believes that in no case should schools be opened, since the epidemiological data of our country do not allow it, while the opening of schools will bring greater mobility in the streets, which in turn can lead to a dangerous reverse.
Among the latter is the professor of Environmental Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Demosthenes Sarigiannis, who has repeatedly spoken in favor of the inauguration on January 20, when he hopes that the epidemiological picture has normalized.
However, almost half of the infectious disease specialists requested to record and examine in detail and other epidemiological data for the following days to be sure that the opening for this educational level will be safe.
What Majorkinis Said – Papaevangelou
In response to a relevant question during today’s coronavirus briefing, both Gikas Majorkinis and Vana Papaevangelou noted that opening schools is a priority for experts and the government.
However, the assistant professor at the EKPA School of Medicine noted that “no decision is made lightly.” After examining epidemiological data, decisions are made. “As Mr. Majorkinis highlighted,” the opening of schools it remains a priority, so it will be one of the first things to be reopened. ” 
“It is not a goal not only for educational reasons, but also for the psychology and health of our children,” said the opening of schools, said Professor of Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, Vana Papaevangelou.
In addition, the teacher pointed out that teachers are important ministers. Responding to a journalist’s question about the teachers’ vaccination schedule, Ms Papaevangelou said that “they will be vaccinated according to the prioritization of the vaccination committee.” The first priority is vulnerable groups, those over 70 years of age and people with serious illnesses ”.
It should be noted that on Monday morning, EKPA Professor of Epidemiology, A. Linou, estimated that schools “should be open, but safe.” The ministry must make a mechanism so that there is no overcrowding outside the schools and there is also security for the employees. I think that after health and the Armed Forces, teachers should be vaccinated, at least those at high risk ”.
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