CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Valensky said Friday’s announcement relaxed the recommendations on social distances from 6 feet to 3 feet and relied heavily on schools using other measures, including universal masking and contact tracing.
“At first glance, a three-foot change in classrooms would be challenging, especially for large urban school districts, and for those who do not yet have access to the resources needed to fully implement the Covid-1m reduction measures. He said safe, personal instruction is needed to determine how far students are in the classroom.
Many officials and parents are eager to send students back to class after a year of education affected by the global epidemic. And while the increase in vaccinations has made people optimistic that a return to normalcy is imminent, health experts are concerned that variants may increase to another.
And students under the age of 16 are not likely to be eligible for the vaccine for many more months.
“We are very close to making sure all our schools can be very safe,” Pringle said. “But public health officials have rightly warned, in the face of the race to make new types and immunizations widely available, this time our guard is not going to be rejected.”
The AFT said Friday it would “reserve judgment” on changes to the guidelines until more information became available, but also expressed concern that the motivation might be to include schools for six-foot distances rather than science-backed safety.
Low transmission in schools
The CDC said it had persuaded experts for lower distances due to low school transmissions in the three states.
The center released reports from Utah, Missouri and Florida on Friday showing that if students wear masks and follow other steps to reduce transmission, the 6-foot distance doesn’t make much difference.
In Florida, 60% of cases of covid-19 among students are not school-related, according to a team of health researchers from the CDC and the Florida Department of Health. Sports and social events were more dangerous than classrooms, they said.
In Utah, a study found that 86% of students wore masks in elementary school classrooms and very few transmitted the virus to others.
“Despite high community events and the inability of space students to place classroom seats 6 feet or more, the investigation found no school-related outbreaks in 20 Sult Lake County elementary schools with the use and implementation of SARS-CoV-2 low transmission and high student masks.” Strategies to limit transmission, ”the researchers wrote.
And in Missouri, where only 27% of schools could vacuum desks with 6-foot spaces, a two-week investigation found only two people infected with someone else at the school, and in both cases it was just one other person.
Common obstacles
Meanwhile, experts say that there are two obstacles to the way the flock’s immune system can be reached – variables and vaccine contraction.
“We have a very narrow window of opportunity to clarify what the benefits of vaccination are. We know that these vaccines are really effective in preventing serious disease. They significantly reduce your risk in all of these settings, whether it’s a restaurant restaurant rent or Going to the gym, or seeing family and friends. “
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 24% of the U.S. population – 79 million people – have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Among Americans 65 and older, more than 67% of the population have received at least one dose.
At least 121 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the U.S., according to CDC data reported Saturday, of which 100 million were recorded during President Biden’s tenure.
F New Key says the new form is more lethal
Rapid vaccination is more important than ever because the B1.1..7 variant, first introduced in the UK, is projected to become the dominant variant by the end of March or early April, according to the CDC.
Early year research suggests that vaccinations may still provide protection against new types.
Measures such as the use of masks and social distance are also crucial, Dr. Anthony Fawcett said during a White House briefing, as the type is more contagious and potentially more deadly.
The F1A said that the calculation of the B1.1..7 variant is based on the U.S. No j0 has occurred in the jurisdiction and now this country has about 90% to 0% infection. And that number is growing.
About 50% more transmissible than the original virus, the UK said.
Due to the complications provided by the variables, experts say mass inoculation is necessary.
CNN’s Ray Sanchez, Travis Caldwell, DJ Judd, Jane Christensen, Maggie Fox, Lauren Mascarenhas and Nick Neville contributed to the report.
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