But that’s not what the latest school opening guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention do. The new school opening guidelines advise schools to open or close (or operate in “hybrid” mode) based on a four-tier color-coded system. Yet many schools in such communities already have in-person school — and have done so for months — without issue. advertisementTo justify this tiered approach, the CDC guidelines cite a “likely association” between community transmission levels and the risk of exposure in the schools. By promoting slavish adherence to arbitrary benchmarks and distancing requirements, the new CDC school opening guidelines do a disservice to science and kids.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 20, 2021 12:09 UTC