He just wants to use it for political gain which is what he is accusing others of doing. I defer to the doctors. It would certainly be good for everyone if schools were open but it should be based on health data and facts, not bullying by Trump.
Conservatives don’t care if our kids get shot at school so we shouldn’t be surprised that they don’t care if kids get sick at school.
— Farron Cousins (@farronbalanced) July 9, 2020
Trump sees a political win in getting schools open and is using the relatively low danger to kids as a rationale for doing so.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 10, 2020
What the White House isn't talking about is the risk to the 10 percent of people in those schools who aren't children. https://t.co/ya7klcmRpH
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow dismisses difficulties surrounding reopening schools as coronavirus cases rise, saying going back to school is "not that hard" https://t.co/ouHrACtVBt pic.twitter.com/addK5K9Ide
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 10, 2020
Infectious disease experts in the United States are calling for decisions on reopening schools to be "based on evidence and available resources to address risks of infection and illness" in a new statement https://t.co/Zh4uwFsqFZ
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2020
You took the SAT virtually. https://t.co/t6EV9E870S
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 10, 2020
TX teacher: "I love my job, I love educating kids, I would love to do it to best of my ability as safely as possible. But if they decide my safety doesn’t matter, that the safety of my students doesn’t matter — ” she said, pausing, “I don’t know.” https://t.co/QtSGrprdyz
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 9, 2020
✏️ Desks stationed six feet apart
— CNN (@CNN) July 10, 2020
✏️ One-way corridors
✏️ Open-air classrooms
✏️ Staggered schedules@drsanjaygupta takes a look at changes being considered to keep schools safe for kids this fall. #CNNTownHall https://t.co/G8VfLbEUkn pic.twitter.com/xaKFPabiTV
Trump: Young people have immune systems that are "so powerful, so strong." He continues, "We have to open our schools. Open our schools. Stop this nonsense. We open our schools." He adds, "It's only political nonsense. It's politics."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 9, 2020
Trump v CDC update. After Trump criticized the CDC guidelines to opening schools, VP Pence said new guidelines would be coming bc Trump thinks the current ones are “too tough.” Now, the CDC director says there aren’t new guidelines coming. Pretty incredible interview. 👇🏾 https://t.co/cB8DYY2eoH
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 9, 2020
Robert Redfield: CDC won’t be revising school guidelines but will provide “additional information.” “Our guidelines are our guidelines, but we are going to provide additional reference documents to aid basically communities that are trying to open K-through-12s,” Redfield on ABC
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 9, 2020
American Public Health Association on Trump pushing for CDC to loosen school reopening guidelines: "All of us want a red traffic light to turn green at an intersection, but we don’t just drive through recklessly and risk our own lives and those of others."
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) July 9, 2020
A remarkable reversal from Trump administration, which has repeatedly emphasized local decision-making on coronavirus, now declaring schools "must reopen and they must be fully operational," even if local officials deem it totally unsafe
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) July 8, 2020
I missed this part of the press conference because I was talking to the superintendent of an AZ school district where three teachers contracted COVID-19 teaching summer school in the same room.
— Lily Altavena🌵 (@lilyalta) July 8, 2020
One teacher died. They took every precaution, the superintendent said. https://t.co/dDkcF6ohml
"In testimony to the Israeli parliament, Dr. Udi Kliner, Sadetzki’s deputy, reported that schools—not restaurants or gyms—turned out to be the country’s worst mega-infectors." https://t.co/FL20q9LxBM
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 9, 2020
The politicization of school openings by Trump and Pence is completely unnecessary. I don't know anyone who doesn't want schools to open. People just want to make sure its safe. This doesn't need to be a divisive issue. https://t.co/8IRHkVxXbm
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 8, 2020
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for reopening schools are the minimum of what the country should be doing to make sure that schools can reopen and stay open, public health expert Dr. Ashish Jha says https://t.co/SzemUgXWz8
— CNN (@CNN) July 8, 2020
WH signaling future state money could be conditioned on schools reopening, prompting Dem pushback. “You just have to randomly open schools and take your chances or you're not going to get any state aid? I mean that's an absolutely no,” Murray said https://t.co/OhoWDVfs5g
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 9, 2020
Sad! 