Dr. Gupta: The Quickest Way To Get Children Back in Schools Is To Protect the Adult Staff Through Vaccination

‘It’s just difficult as far as resources and time’

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GUPTA: “I'll lastly say community transmission rates should remain low. They’re not in most zip codes across the country. And it's hard to envision how they will remain low with these new variants that are more transmissible. And with the restaurants and other establishments opening up in at least 48 states. That's why I believe, and I know a few of us believe in public health and maybe the quickest way actually to opening schools and keeping them open — let me remind you -- schools are open for hybrid learning in a lot of zip codes across the country right now. We have to keep them open. Perhaps it's just vaccination of adult staff and educators upfront. So we can at least protect those that might be at highest risk. That would be the quickest way to open because this is two complicated and it's really hard to make sure adequate ventilation is in place and testing is in place. It’s just difficult as far as resources and time.”

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