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Visitors set up inside circles designed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus by encouraging social distancing, at Dolores Park in San Francisco, June 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
WASHINGTON, United States The United States’ top pandemic adviser said Sunday that authorities were considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet (one meter), a move that would change a key tenet of the global fight against COVID-19.
Anthony Fauci, a world-respected figure during the coronavirus crisis, said experts at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) were examining a Massachusetts study that found “no substantial difference” in COVID-19 cases in schools observing six-foot and three-foot rules.
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A new Harvard study found no difference in COVID-19 cases rates among students or staff in districts that had students sitting three feet apart compared to six feet apart.
The LA teachers union and school district reached an agreement on returning to in-person instruction, about a year after students began learning remotely.
LA Teachers Warned Not to Share Vacation Photos as Union Resists Return to Classrooms
Los Angeles teachers were told recently not to share pictures if they choose to travel for spring break, as their union resists what it deems a “premature” return to in-person instruction.
In a message posted in a private United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) Facebook group, teachers were told, “If you are planning any trips for Spring Break, please keep that off of Social Media.”
“It is hard to argue that it is unsafe for in-person instruction, if parents and the public see vacation photos and international travel,” the post read.