Children Play Significant Role in, Spreading COVID-19 Variant, Experts Say.<br />According to Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of MInnesota.<br />the "B.1.1.7 variant is a brand new ball game" <br />when it comes to sending children back to school.<br />Osterholm, who was also a member of <br />Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board up <br />until the president's inauguration.<br />said the variant "infects kids very readily.".<br />All the things that we had planned for about kids in schools with this virus are really no longer applicable. We've got to take a whole new look at this issue, Dr. Michael Osterholm, via ABC11 Raleigh-Durham.<br />Former FDA commissioner <br />Dr. Scott Gottlieb also <br />weighed in on the situation.<br />What we're seeing is pockets of infection around the country, particularly in younger people who haven't been vaccinated, and also in school-aged children, Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, on 'Face the Nation'.<br />But according to Osterholm, there isn't enough <br />time to get most children vaccinated for school.<br />We're not going to have nearly enough (vaccine doses) in the next 6 to 8 weeks to get through this surge, .., Dr. Michael Osterholm, via ABC11 Raleigh-Durham.<br />... and we're going to have to look at other avenues to do that just as every other country in the world who's had a B.1.1.7 surge has had to do, Dr. Michael Osterholm, via ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
