The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
That's probably going to make for some challenging school environments, said Elizabeth Stuart, a John Hopkins University public health professor who has children in elementary and middle schools."It would be a very weird dynamic, socially, to have some kids wearing masks and some not. And tracking that? Teachers shouldn't need to be keeping track of which kids should have masks on," she said.
The biggest questions will be at middle schools where some students are eligible for shots and others aren't. If sorting vaccinated and unvaccinated students proves too burdensome, administrators might choose to just keep a masking policy in place for everyone.State mandates are further complicating the issue. Several states, including California and Virginia, have policies requiring all students to wear masks at school regardless of vaccination.
The CDC has repeatedly praised such requirements, but the agency on Friday didn't recommend that measure because it is considered a state and local policy decision, CDC officials said. Ventilation and handwashing continue to be important. Students and staff also should stay home when they are sick. Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, called the new CDC guidance "an important roadmap for reducing the risk of COVID-19 in schools."
Talk about creating segregation at a young age 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Idiots.
Is this article setting us up to be prepared for kids under 12 to get vaccinated and for schools to require if? 🤨
Tvh
I accept there are legit reasons for not being vaccinated or not disclosing, but what if I choose to not interact with those who're not vaxed. Don't I have the right to know in order to make an informed decision? Doesn't this infringe my right to choose?
Correct. Whole point of the vaccine=back to normal. Even if not 100%effective (which it never will be)vaxxed who get it don’t end up in hospital. Like normal illlnesses that we don’t mask for-free of disease not attainable-let’s live free and in reality fordnation Sflecce
That would be funny if it weren’t so darn sad.
superspreader
MikeStobbe Why the fu€k should we in Canada care what the CDC thinks or says, we have our own Health Canada for Canadians health guidelines.
Not sure schools can ask for personal medical information. Lawyers going to be preying on this.
Sure. I'll get the vaccine in 10 years after it's had longterm testing.
More ways to force the vaccine. It's had no longterm testing.
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Too early....let’s get more data on what these variant are going to do.
So non vaccinated will have to wear them still?
You mean people
myocarditisisforever
You mean students don't need vaccines.
Truth vaccinechoice
No body does now you are segregating people
But how will Faculty know?
Why is there a report of American CDC recommendations at all? They just oversaw the massacre of 400,000 of their own citizens, and they’re not done yet. Poor and irresponsible journalism.
fordnation tell your MOH that the real experts disagree with him.
Double vaxxed people can still get COVID
I’m wearing a mask and shield at school and I’m double dose vaxxed.
I think they do
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