{"id":31376,"date":"2021-02-03T22:05:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T06:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31376"},"modified":"2021-02-03T22:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T06:05:51","slug":"new-in-the-battle-over-school-reopening-more-reassurance-from-the-cdc-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=31376","title":{"rendered":"New in the battle over school reopening: More reassurance from the CDC director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/jsmfczshnbbwpzpbwtvnnwffnswkbsbddmnhzqkbsnqrmr_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a=&amp;b=36637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/jsmfczshnbbwpzpbwtvnnwffnswkbsbddmnhzqkbsnqrmr_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a%3D%26b%3D36637&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612504706794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8tvWHmeLRG8cGsQx2iW6bt_3LbA\">Rochelle Walensky<\/a>\u00a0emphasized Wednesday that vaccinating teachers is not required for safely reopening schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools,\u201d Walensky said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>She added that while a CDC advisory committee has put teachers in the \u201c1B\u201d category for getting vaccines \u2014 the second priority group for vaccination \u2014 \u201cI also want to be clear that there is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that &#8230; safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as a fierce debate plays out over returning students to in-person learning.<\/p>\n<p>Some teachers unions are calling for teachers to be vaccinated before they return to school.<\/p>\n<p><em>The politics<\/em>: Republicans\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dgcszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtgjdpmh_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a=&amp;b=36637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/dgcszlgkjttfblbtfrcjjfssjgfwtgtnnmjkldwtgjdpmh_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a%3D%26b%3D36637&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612504706794000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfzwKukcd8HHL7khjowcD7ntRnRw\">have seized<\/a>\u00a0on the issue to argue the Biden administration is not following the science, and is instead caving to their political allies, by not urging an immediate return to in-person classes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently Big Labor\u2019s talking points have already displaced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/zzbdvgzjfrrkcgcrkbsffkddfzkqrzrttlfjgwqrzfwmlb_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a=&amp;b=36637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/zzbdvgzjfrrkcgcrkbsffkddfzkqrzrttlfjgwqrzfwmlb_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a%3D%26b%3D36637&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612504706795000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZ95Z7RUQ2SJknL0v8yBTrY-2yHg\">Dr. Fauci<\/a>\u00a0as the White House\u2019s go-to source,\u201d Senate Republican Leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hnbmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvnfhqwc_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a=&amp;b=36637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/hnbmjlnrfvvzdldvzscffzmmfnzpvnvggwfrlhpvnfhqwc_qmpmggswstmfmwsdgmhg.html?a%3D%26b%3D36637&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1612504706795000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGvgSz955LOV492TybEBbzppZegKA\">Mitch McConnell<\/a>\u00a0(Ky.) said on the Senate floor Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31377,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31376\/revisions\/31377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}