There have been two sets of people. One who believes that the students need to go to school well Vaccinated and masked and the others supporting home and online education.
“We are all in this together,” said Michael Lubelfeld, superintendent of North Shore School District, just north of Chicago.
“It is recommended by everyone that kids go to school in person; however, we have to see which direction the pandemic goes,” said Tina Tan, professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.
“If we continue to see an increase of Covid, it may be that some schools go back to hybrid or virtual.”
“The hope is that the students will get back to the classroom, but I had been more hopeful a couple of months ago,” said Preeti Malani, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the University of Michigan.
“Returning to the classroom is not zero risk but that risk can be mitigated,” Malani said.
“I believe that we will be able to remain in person but we all have to be prepared that outbreaks will be inevitable,” said Susan Enfield, superintendent of Highline Public Schools, a district of nearly 18,000 students near Seattle. “We just have to have really clear health and safety protocols.”
″We’ve had mandates for vaccinations in schools for over 100 years,” said Bob Bollinger, a professor of infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and inventor of the emocha Health app.
“Vaccine mandates are nothing new,” he added. “What’s new is this is a new virus and there’s some insufficient long-term data to convince some people.″
″We’ve had mandates for vaccinations in schools for over 100 years,” said Bob Bollinger, a professor of infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and inventor of the emocha Health app.
“Vaccine mandates are nothing new,” he added. “What’s new is this is a new virus and there’s some insufficient long-term data to convince some people.″
