American history tv, the National History center hosts a conversation on u. S. Gun rights and regulations. Watch American History tv tonight and over the weekend on cspan3. U. S. Schools are looking at how to safely reopen during the coronavirus pandemic. Educators spoke to members of the Senate Health committee about plans to decrease class size, continue Home Learning and schoolwide coronavirus tests to make sure students and staff are safe when they return to the classroom. Widespread testing not only helps contain the virus, it builds confidence that the schools are safe. U. S. Assistant secretary for health told our committee that there will be 40 to 50 million diagnostic tests available per month by september. Thats four to five times the number of todays tests and todays number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And dr. Francis collins who led the human genome project and leads the National Institutes of health, leads a shark tank enterprise at the nih t
Of millions diagnostic tests school plans should last for at least one year while the government pursues a vaccine at warp speed faster than we have ever done thate before the nobody expects vaccine this august the second half should be better able to provide more test, more treatments better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should have a vaccine in the fall of 2021 before we begin to approach normal. Several Reasons School have the advantage to provide a safe environment for students and faculty is younger people have been less hurt by coalbed 19 than older people although doctor fauci told our committee we should be careful to assume that young people are not at risk second, schools are generally oolll communities but generally supervised and monitored and they could be traced if a child becomes sick then the classmates can be tested and for individual schools are able to remain open schools are not unfamiliar with outbreaks of flu or other illnesses that have temporary closure of in
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have been allowed to cross. healthy average american neanderthal want to live in an open state. they let people go across the border. wins las vegas. great job. ainsley: good morning to you. it is 6:01 here on the east coast. thanks for waking up with us. brian is back. he was down there in florida. brian: i was with you on friday. like you never missed me. ainsley: you went to interview desantis that was shot so beautifully. his wife is so cute. they have all their kids in the governor s mansion with him. you will see the whole interview. brian: a couple of parts spending the day in florida where you can walk around. people are happy. they wear masks inside when they are supposed to. they can walk outside alone without one. it is interesting. steve: that will come up in half an hour. ainsley: steve and brian spent a lot of time in florida. i will come with you all. steve: florida is where the action is. it is 22 degrees in new york city. we re going up to 60 tomorr