No State Has Met CDC Guidelines for Steadily-Decreasing COVID Cases, So Let’s Open Schools
Opening school buildings at this point nationwide represents different levels of crazy across the country.
Coronavirus is on the rise across the nation, and it is certainly more than “just the flu.” The virus is a crap shoot for those who contract it. Maybe they will show no symptoms. Maybe they will be mildly ill. Maybe they will suffer with it for a month or more or have to live with some sort of diminished capacity (see here and here and here, also. Or maybe they will die.
The flu kills between 12K and 61K Americans annually. COVID-19 has already killed over 140K Americans in roughly five months (March to July 2020).
Teachers are Americans.
As of this writing, no state has met the May 2020 Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for moving into Phase 1 (“Downward trajectory or near-zero incidence of documented cases over a 14-day period) muct less the additional criteria for entering Phase 2 (“Downward trajectory or near-zero incidence of documented cases for at least 14 days after entering Phase 1).
That’s 28 days of supposed “downward trajectory” prior to entering Phase 2, and that assumes increased testing.
Also in phase 2, COVID-19 test results are supposed to be available in three days CONTINUE READING: No State Has Met CDC Guidelines for Steadily-Decreasing COVID Cases, So Let’s Open Schools. | deutsch29