CDC backtracks and now emphatically supports reopening schools after criticism from Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Business Insider

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphatically endorsed reopening America's schools in new guidance posted on its website Thursday night, backtracking from previous recommendations that were criticized by President Donald Trump earlier in July.

"Reopening schools creates opportunity to invest in the education, well-being, and future of one of America's greatest assets — our children — while taking every precaution to protect students, teachers, staff and all their families," the new guidance stated. The new recommendations emphasized that the "best available evidence" suggests children are unlikely to be "major drivers of the spread of the virus."

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Reiterating his support for opening schools on Thursday, Trump said: "Children have a very strong immune system. They seem to be able to fight it off and not have a problem."

But infectious disease experts have consistently said that more research is needed to fully understand the impact of COVID-19 on children.



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Anyone who's had kids knows they're usually carriers of whatever bug is out there.

[dewsgirl]

1. Yes they certainly are.

[chia]

2. OMG, who can trust the CDC ever again?

[brush]

21. Gawd! Do these people need their jobs that bad?

[soothsayer]

3. Called it!

[Ohiogal]

4. "I disagree with the CDC"??

This fool is so dangerous, how do Repugs justify enabling his Russian roulette with human lives?
Just insane!

[C_U_L8R]

5. Does the CDC emphatically support the GOP convention?

Cause if they won't gather in a room for a few days, it certainly isn't safe for our kids.

[dalton99a]

6. Bingo!

[bucolic_frolic]

7. CDC is dissolving its own credibility

Trump knows nothing and he dictates everything

[Phoenix61]

8. While there may be debate about how much

children under age 10 spread covid there is
no doubt about those age 10-18, which are the biggest groups of school age children. And even if there is doubt, is using our children as lab rats really the way to go? I knew Twitler would be an awful President because he’s a piss poor excuse for a human being. But this. This is so much worse than I ever imagined.

[Newest Reality]

9. Relax people...

It's just that No Child Left Uninfected Initiative, as I have mentioned.

We are moving to a new education model: New Vectors in Education and Viral Learning.

It's really going to spread and CATCH on fast.

I just thought of how a child would feel if they did bring it home and any, (or all) of their family members died because of it. It is a fact that children will internalize any connections they make about something like that and believe it is their fault. That's going to create a potential lifelong trauma of potentially guilty feelings that would be hard to work through despite the circumstances of being compelled to attend.

That's another reason this is not a good idea. We also need to safeguard our children's mental health and family environment for their sake. For instance, being orphaned early in life can be tragic and lasts a lifetime. How many kids do we want to put through that? In the long-run, that's bad for us all.

[Pachamama]

32. +100000

This....

[Thekaspervote]

10. All the while medical experts say the US should shut down and start over!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142544849

I give the schools that do open 2 weeks tops before kids, teachers and staff are sick and cases are spiking.

As far as kids spreading the virus..they do. What an idiotic thing to say

[CountAllVotes]

11. WTF!

This is an absolute disgrace!

We know who owns the CDC don't we?

tRump and his minions are the very last people on earth I'd ever entrust children to!

How frightening!

[sarcasmo]

12. Dictator Don scared the CDC into submission.

[Initech]

13. Called it!

I knew Trump would keep fucking with the results until he got what we wanted, and here we are. What could go wrong?

[Bleacher Creature]

14. Under any other administration this would be a massive scandal.

Under Trump, this is barely a blip (although I'd love to be proven wrong). This level of political interference is galling.

[CozyMystery]

15. I used to trust the CDC. Not any more for a while now. :-(

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Trump is trying to keep us moving left and right, everything's dodgy, like the elections, right?

[OilemFirchen]

17. Has the CDC announced their school re-closing plan?

Will they suggest a three-week on, six-month off program? Is there an expendable-death metric?

So many questions...

[Akacia]

18. OMG!

As a early childhood teacher I cannot express how much I am worried about this. We are coughed on, sneezed on, and have snot wiped on us almost daily. How can we not be at risk. Also we really do not know enough about this disease to understand if there are long term problems for children after they contract it. This is insane and the fact that the CDC bent to his will is so disturbing!

[StarryNite]

19. Well I guess the CDC has been bought!

Screw them! It's easy to say ignorant dangerous stuff when you don't have a dog in the fight or a kid or grandkid in the school.

Like everything in Sweden is going just swimmingly. How about Israel?

Israeli Data Show School Openings Were a Disaster That Wiped Out Lockdown Gains

Of 1,400 Israelis diagnosed with COVID-19 last month, 657 (47 percent) were infected in schools. Now 2,026 students, teachers, and staff have it, and 28,147 are quarantined.

JERUSALEM—Israel’s unchecked resurgence of COVID-19 was propelled by the abrupt May 17 decision to reopen all schools, medical and public-health officials have told The Daily Beast.

[link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/israeli-data-show-school-openings-were-a-disaster-that-wiped-out-lockdown-gains|

[turbinetree]

20. So now the CDC has turned into a fascist supporting agency...............

[bluestarone]

22. No way do i trust them anymore!

I wouldn't even think of sending my kid to school! Hope parents have a choice! ONLINE is the ONLY true answer for now!

[CaptYossarian]

23. He only studies ALL-WHITE countries?

Did he study their Covid response too?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

24. Anybody want to buy the CDC building?

Clearly it's not being used for science anymore.

[Baclava]

25. Trust no one. They want us all infected

[noneof_theabove]

26. children do get it

one here in Corpus Christi, TX was 9 months old and died
of course they want to label it as SIDS but the child was not well can covid won.

The are some studies that show devastating long to consequences on the younger people
but that can only be proven over time.

Remember the flu does not kill people, but pneumonia and other secondary infections does.

This country is at a tipping point and Nov can not get here soon enough or Jan for that matter.

[Liberal-Of course]

27. Actually the flu can kill

I was two weeks away from a fatal heart attack. A mild case of the flu affected my kidneys and fluids filled my chest. My heart was massively enlarged by the time it was diagnosed. The cardiologist said I was two weeks away from dying and he didn't know if I'd actually survive.

Fortunately I had been running over ten miles a day, that's why I survived. What drove me to the doctor was I suddenly couldn't run 100 yards.

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. I'm glad you're okay

Welcome to DU

[Demsrule86]

31. Flu isn't the same as Covid you know. Very few get what you had...quite a remarkable

recovery.

[BlueIdaho]

29. CDC has turned to shit under Trump.

Just another nest of vipers.

[Demsrule86]

30. The White House altered the CDC...added thing subtracted things...total BS.

Do not send your kids back to school. It is not safe.

[riversedge]

33. Something has to give with Trump continous bullying. damn-and now the CDC bows down

to him once again.