The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released eagerly awaited new guidelines for reopening schools.<br />The considerations include encouraging people who are sick to stay home, frequent handwashing, and seating students at least 6 feet apart if possible.<br />But the 'considerations' are just that: guidelines. They are not federally mandated.<br />Other recommendations include keeping kids and teachers who are sick home, and staggering drop-offs.<br />Another is to create small groups of students who closely interact with only each other, both in school and out.<br />Children are less susceptible to COVID-19. However, they may be asymptomatic carriers of disease.<br />Each infected child infects two to three other children a week, who then infect their parents and grandparents. ...It does not make sense to keep the schools and kindergartens open. Prof. Jorn Klein University of South-Eastern Norway<br />In France, 70 new cases of the coronavirus were recently reported after schools opened, even with social distancing in place.
