The two most important measures are wearing a mask and maintaining social distance, speaking of which, Walensky says,
"These two strategies are incredibly important in areas that have high community spread of Covid-19, which right now is the vast majority of communities in the United States."
The CDC suggests keeping students in groups or “pods” to restrict more contact and to ensure physical distancing.
Health officials, medical experts, as well as the current administration, all understand that reopening schools will be an altogether challenging and gradual process. In fact, Annette Anderson, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and deputy director for the Center for Safe and Healthy Schools has stated,
"We now know that this is going to be a much more nuanced process, and it will take time," she added. "I think we can be hopeful that if schools adopt these strategies and as they continue to gradually reopen, that by fall, we will see more of our students in the classrooms for face-to-face learning."
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