260 employees in Georgia's largest school district test positive for COVID-19 or are exposed

[TomCADem]

3. Kemp, state officials want to see in-person classes at Georgia schools

Georgia has managed to crack the top four States in total COVID-19 cases. Perhaps they have a chance to crack the top 3 and beat some larger states. I think even Florida is pumping the brakes slightly on school reopenings.

https://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article244311502.html

Gov. Brian Kemp and leading Georgia health and education officials want children sitting in classrooms for their first day of class, citing the benefits of in-person learning and comments from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield about reopening schools.

But Kemp said he hasn’t given thought to making in-person instruction mandatory statewide.

“I wouldn’t really want to speak to that. I haven’t really thought about that,” he said. “I think schools are trying to do the right thing and it’s just my hope that we’ll get kids back in the classroom.”

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State health commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey said state officials “know and fully expect” for students and teachers to be infected, but the state is working to provide resources needed to protect individuals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states children “do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults.” Adults, the agency reports, make up most of the known cases to date.