it sounds like it s not much of a difference but i imagine that it will be, that it s sort of less of a burden but of course schools still have to make sure the children wear masks and perhaps the most challenging part of this is they need to come up with testing strategies. dr. rochelle walensky has said that this week, that she wants to see more robust testing systems in every school in the united states. it s been impossible actually i think to keep kids six feet apart in some cases considering the confinement of the classrooms, so perhaps this is going to make people feel like they are actually operating within the guidelines. elizabeth, thank you so much. elizabeth cohen. just two days after the shooting rampage, another minority group is being forced to reckon. the president ordered flags at half staff for victims killed in the atlanta area shootings. and tomorrow he and his vice president plan to meet with asian-american leaders when they visit the city. and today th
this just kind of acknowledging the reality of having kids in school that you can t actually space them six feet and get them all in a classroom? hi, brianna, thanks for having me on. i think it s a little bit of both. i ve looked at this research and it does seem that the spacing doesn t need to be as far as six feet in order to keep the children safe, and so that s one of the factors involved in the cdc changing its guidelines. the other factor is exactly what you said. there is a push to try to get these schools reopened and then you can t do that with them six feet apart so i think both factors play a role, but it does seem, from what the evidence looks like, that three feet might be enough distance. with masking, right? masking is obviously the key part. correct, correct. yeah. so, the things that need to occur for that to be safe is that they have to be fully masked and continue to do this the hand washing and things that we have become accustomed to. very imp