common Sunday afternoon. A cold IN MONTPELIER. GOVERNOR SCOTT SAID THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR: IT’S SAFE TO REOPEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS FALL. SAYING IT’S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS. NBC5’S STEWART LEDBETTER TELLS US THE DECISION MAY LEAVE SOME UNEASY. BUT HEALTH EXPERTS ARE PRETTY UNITED ON THIS. HE JOINS US FROM COLCHESTER WITH DETAILS. STEW… WELL TEACHERS UNION HAS HAD REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF RE- OPENING FOR IN- PERSON INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTION IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC – BUT THE STATE’S HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE DATA FROM COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD SHOW KIDS ARE RARELY A SOURCE OF TRANSMISSION FOR THE VIRUS – AND WITH PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE – IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO OPEN. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO GET IN- PERSON INSTRUCTION THIS FALL. (áááSOTááá)
Vermont: Evidence says schools should be able to open
Vermont schools should be able to reopen safely this fall with at least part-time, in-person, learning, but school will not be the way it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday.Speaking at his regular virus briefing, Scott and health experts said Vermont currently has a low rate of infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 and studies across the world show that children in schools have not been major sources of infections.“We know we cannot completely shut down while we wait for a vaccine,” Scott said. “We’ve had success with a cautious reopening so far and if we are going to do our best we possibly can for kids, it’s vitally important, based on recommendations from health experts and where we are with the virus today to reopen our schools.” Watch: Burlington schools lay out preliminary plan for returnDr. William Raszka, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, said at the event that children become infected, they are less likely to develop severe disease and less likely to transmit the virus.He also highlighted studies from across the world that found that schools are not significant sources of infection.
MONTPELIER, Vt. —
Vermont schools should be able to reopen safely this fall with at least part-time, in-person, learning, but school will not be the way it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Phil Scott said Friday.
Speaking at his regular virus briefing, Scott and health experts said Vermont currently has a low rate of infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 and studies across the world show that children in schools have not been major sources of infections.
“We know we cannot completely shut down while we wait for a vaccine,” Scott said. “We’ve had success with a cautious reopening so far and if we are going to do our best we possibly can for kids, it’s vitally important, based on recommendations from health experts and where we are with the virus today to reopen our schools.”
Watch: Burlington schools lay out preliminary plan for return
Dr. William Raszka, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the University of Vermont Medical Center, said at the event that children become infected, they are less likely to develop severe disease and less likely to transmit the virus.
He also highlighted studies from across the world that found that schools are not significant sources of infection.
