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Home Front: Politix
Biden Admin Disagrees with CDC Director about Teachers Returning To School
2021-02-13
Following the science, Joe?
[Daily Caller] President Joe Biden’s administration threw the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the bus after she suggested that teachers could return to classrooms before being vaccinated.

"There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at a Feb. 3 press briefing. "Vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools."

White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to Walensky’s statements later that same day, telling reporters that the CDC Director’s comments were not official guidance and that she was speaking in her "personal capacity."

"The President — let me be crystal clear — wants schools to open," Psaki said during the Feb. 4 press briefing. "He wants them to stay open. And he wants to do that safely. And he wants health and medical experts to be the guides for how we should do exactly that."
But, on the other hand...
"Dr. Walensky spoke to this in her personal capacity," Psaki continued. "Obviously, she’s the head of the CDC, but we’re going to wait for the final guidance to come out so we can use that as a guide for schools around the country."

President Biden has said that school reopenings would be a priority for his administration, promising that students would return to in-person learning within the first 100 days of his presidency.
However ...
Psaki clarified during a Tuesday press briefing that the administration's goal was to have "most" schools open "at least" one day a week by Biden's 100th day in office.
That used to be called "walking back".
Biden appears to be on the same page as the teachers' unions despite promising to side with science. During an interview with ABC News, Biden said that he "would listen to the scientists" if they said it was necessary to shut the country down. And when he introduced his scientific advisors, Biden promised that they would fight the pandemic with "science and truth."
And they quickly glued his lips back in place.
Scientific evidence overwhelmingly suggests that in-school transmission of the coronavirus is rare, and reopening is safe when certain precautions are taken. In a Jan. 26 article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, three CDC researchers concluded that "there has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission," and urged schools to reopen with proper precautions. Another study found that schools in rural Wisconsin that were taking precautions such as mask-wearing had lower rates of transmission than in the community.

Still, reopening has dragged on slowly at the expense of students.
More so in the blue states, I'll wager.
The gap between students from low-income and high-income families has widened due to virtual learning, which has left some families with insufficient resources for their children's education. The impact of virtual learning on children's mental health has been devastating.

Families described how their children have fallen into depression, lost their sense of drive, and grown increasingly fatigued from staring at a computer screen all day without any social contact. The situation became so dire that schools in Clark County, Nevada – the fifth-largest school district in the country – began monitoring students' devices for mental health warning signs after the number of suicides doubled.
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Posted by:Bobby

#16  Where did XI Joe get his MD or epidemiology degree?

FYI Texas has had its schools open more-or-less since last fall.
Posted by: Deadeye Jaiting7534   2021-02-13 22:04  

#15  #13 = Translation

What do you mean, I think it is funny just the way it is.

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Hey Rantburgers, It's Chinese New Year, And we are having fun.... Celebrate !!!


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Dark Humor : You may be learning to speak Chinese real soon, Beijing Biden Being President, You Know.

E.O. #TBD
Posted by: Thumper Elmusons8673   2021-02-13 15:44  

#14  But you still laughed - "GOOD" 很 好
Posted by: Thumper Elmusons8673   2021-02-13 15:37  

#13  ^ 4U

你是什么意思,我认为这是有趣的只是它的方式。
Posted by: Thumper Elmusons8673   2021-02-13 15:32  

#12  It would have been as funny and perhaps more realistic in the "Madame President" image if the reply had been "很 好" or hěn hǎo in Pinyin.
Posted by: Thineger Sproing6704   2021-02-13 15:25  

#11  "Let's see what the bones Science! say"
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-13 15:21  

#10  
Posted by: Gomez Glealet3328   2021-02-13 14:37  

#9  ^4U
Posted by: Gomez Glealet3328   2021-02-13 14:07  

#8  ...and then we get Kameltoe running the show. Who says you can't fuck your way to the top?
Posted by: Raj   2021-02-13 13:40  

#7  We may never know when he is put out to pasture,
as he has "The Football".

Dementia Patients

Scenario:

Picks up the Football. wanders around the House,
Goes into a Bathroom, Opens the FB case,
Punches in his Code.

Military follows 3C's Protocol

Short time later (30 minutes or less)

POOF!


Nice knowing you friend...
Posted by: Cluck the Galactic Hero1539   2021-02-13 13:33  

#6  ^ mine's on the Ides of August
Posted by: Goober and Company6774   2021-02-13 13:08  

#5  my money is on june
Posted by: Chris   2021-02-13 12:13  

#4  ^ for how many more months before Plugs is put to pasture?
Posted by: Dino Schwarzeneggar4035   2021-02-13 12:02  

#3  Joe saying one thing, his staff saying 3 or 4 other different things, and who knows what it all means? Get used to this.
Posted by: Tom   2021-02-13 11:37  

#2  Do what Reagan did to the air traffic controllers.
Bust this corrupt and perfidious union that doesn't give a sh!t about educating children
Posted by: Angimble Spereling1658   2021-02-13 11:34  

#1  Following the Union $$. Cut off their unemployment. They refuse to work
Posted by: Frank G   2021-02-13 08:07  

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