If You Weren't Afraid to Send Your Kids Back to School, DeVos' Interview Might Change That

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

While the Trump administration continues its full-court press on schools to re-open, they sent out Betsy DeVos to defend an indefensible cause. Either that or the education secretary did not do her homework prior to her appearance on Sunday morning.

CNN’s Dana Bash continuously pressed DeVos on basic questions about students, teachers, and parents’ safety from the virus and whether schools should closely follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines.

Although the interview extended past 20 minutes, it was clear DeVos had only a few talking points in her quiver, and she went to them often.

Bash asked DeVos multiple times if schools should follow CDC guidelines and the secretary repeated her answer using the word “flexible” several times while describing the health recommendations.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/betsy-devos-gives-disastrous-reopen-schools-interview-1027437/

[Buckeye_Democrat]

1. Internal CDC documents warn full reopening of schools is 'highest risk' for...

... coronavirus spread.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/07/11/politics/cdc-documents-warn-high-risk-schools-reopening/index.html

(CNN) Internal documents from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that fully reopening K-12 schools and universities would be the "highest risk" for the spread of coronavirus, according to a New York Times report, as President Donald Trump and his administration push for students and teachers to return in-person to classrooms.

The 69-page document obtained by the Times marked "For Internal Use Only" was among materials for federal public health response teams deployed to coronavirus hotspots to help local public health officials handle the outbreak, the newspaper reported.

The document was circulated this week, the Times reported, as Trump slammed the CDC guidelines around reopening schools and he, Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos increased their pressure on schools to fully reopen by the fall.

It is unclear whether the President viewed the CDC document, according to the Times.

CNN has reached out to the CDC and the White House and has not yet received a response.

[Pachamama]

7. +100000

Bookmarking but more importantly making a record of it before it disappears from CDC and other sources down the memory hole as they change the recommendations under pressure from Trump...

[magicarpet]

2. Round and round the mulberry bush,...

Stop the merry go round I think I am about to vomit.

[Xolodno]

3. Schools are germ factories.

And easily pass the common cold, flu, lice, etc. A co-worker who has children is sick quite often.

Devos is....well I can't even think of a word that expresses my disdain for her.

[2naSalit]

4. An evil most foul. ...nt

[Ms. Toad]

5. The TL/DR edition

1. students must be physically in the school (exept for maybe 1-2 day hot spots)
2. school must be full time
3. If I say anything else I'll get fired, so I'll just rearrange the words and say the same thing for 20 minutes.

[MissB]

6. Yep. Nailed it.

Loved the 1-2 day shutdowns for hot spots. As if.