CDC Director: "the data clearly shows us that you can operate these schools in face-to-face learning in a safe and responsible way."
Dr. Fauci: "The default position should be to try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school or to get them back to school [...] if you look at the data the spread among children and from children is not really big at all"
UNICEF: "Data from 191 countries shows no consistent link between reopening schools and increased rates of coronavirus infection." https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/11/18/unicef-schools-are-not-main-drivers-of-covid-among-kids-1337119
"Schools are not spreading covid-19. This new data makes the case." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/20/covid-19-schools-data-reopening-safety/?arc404=true
"Schools Aren't Super-Spreaders" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/schools-arent-superspreaders/616669/
"In-person schooling does not appear to increase the risk of covid-19 transmission for staff and students, according to data from New York state."
Governor Cuomo: "We're not seeing spread in the schools.
You see a very low percentage of positivity in the schools."
You see a very low percentage of positivity in the schools."
"So why close the schools?"
Cuomo: "well because the agreement [...] the local school districts consulted their parents, the teachers at the time, the teachers union at the time, and they came up with an agreement."
Cuomo: "well because the agreement [...] the local school districts consulted their parents, the teachers at the time, the teachers union at the time, and they came up with an agreement."