Redfield Says CDC Will Not Revise School Reopening Guidance Despite Push From Trump Admin
There are mixed views on whether people should be heading back to school in the fall, and how to safely do that, amid the coronavirus pandemic, and President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing for it. After Trump…
There are mixed views on whether people should be heading back to school in the fall, and how to safely do that, amid the coronavirus pandemic, and President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing for it.
After Trump pushed for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to revise its guidance on reopening schools, calling them “very tough” and “expensive,” the CDC said it would be issuing new guidelines, as IJR reported.
However, now, CDC Director Robert Redfield is making it clear that the CDC does not plan to revise their guidelines. But, there will be more information provided.
“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 said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday.
He continued, “It’s not a revision of the guidelines. It’s just to provide additional information to help schools be able to use the guidance that we put forward.”
Asked which guidelines are “too tough” or “impractical,” Redfield responded by reiterating that the CDC guidelines are just that, “guidances, they’re not requirements.”
“It’s not a question of opening schools versus public health. My position is that the public health of the students of this nation is best served by getting these schools reopened,” Redfield added. “Reopen safely.”