Schools Reopen Under Pressure from Trump
AP News
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Top officials at the White House pressured leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downplay the risk of the coronavirus to children, so President Trump’s administration could push to reopen schools this fall. While left-leaning articles highlight that access to rapid new tests give schools reason to physically open their doors, right-leaning articles highlight that hundreds of thousands of New York elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday after pushback from the city teachers’ union.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that President Trump announced that his administration is shipping 150 million rapid diagnostic tests to states, as access to rapid new tests and early reports of little virus spread in schools may give these districts more reason to physically open their doors. The article also notes that fears about young children rapidly spreading the virus haven’t yet materialized, as there have been some early encouraging signs that schools aren’t top breeding grounds for coronavirus infections.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the push to open schools included an effort to find data suggesting the pandemic was weakening and the coronavirus didn’t threaten children. Earlier this year, the CDC was forced to revise guidelines for school re-openings after Trump pushed back on them.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that in New York, hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday. The start date was originally pushed back repeatedly after the city teachers’ union said it wasn't safe to open schools because of outdated ventilation systems and an insufficient number of school nurses and other issues.
From the left
The Washington Post
From the center
Trump administration pressured CDC to play down risks of reopening schools: report
The Hill