{"id":33035,"date":"2021-03-18T22:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T05:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33035"},"modified":"2021-06-29T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:44:08","slug":"fauci-cdc-likely-to-shorten-distancing-guidance-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33035","title":{"rendered":"Fauci: CDC likely to shorten distancing guidance for schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will probably update its social distancing guidance for schools, reducing recommendations from 6 feet to 3 feet,\u00a0Anthony Fauci<\/a>\u00a0said Thursday.<\/p>\n

“You know, I think that likely will happen,” Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases,\u00a0said on NBC’s “Today<\/a>” show.<\/p>\n

Fauci mentioned a recent study in Massachusetts, which found that 3 feet of separation in schools combined with consistent mask wearing is just as safe as 6 feet.<\/p>\n

The study compared 251 school districts with different distancing requirements, and found little difference in case rates among students and staff members, so long as everyone wore masks.<\/p>\n

“So the CDC is analyzing that data very carefully right now. They very well may change. I don’t want to get ahead of them. But they are very much on top of this and looking at that data. So they will reconsider about that distance,” Fauci said.<\/p>\n

What’s in a yard?\u00a0<\/strong>The CDC’s insistence on 6 feet of separation has been a flash point of the school reopening debate. The agency has acknowledged that in-person schooling is not a major driver of community spread and that virus transmission is rarer in schools compared with the surrounding community.<\/p>\n

But the agency insists on six feet. Three feet is the minimum distance endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization. For many schools, keeping students 6 feet apart is not feasible. In some cases, there’s no distancing at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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