The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “overly burdensome” guidelines on returning to school are “dismissive” of science, which shows “more kids die when schools are closed,” according to a Johns Hopkins University expert.
Dr. Marty Makary penned a blistering op-ed for Fox News panning the agency’s new guidance calling for a phased reopening of K-12 schools, which is based on community transmission rates.
“Defying science, the guidelines create testing and distancing requirements so extreme it makes consistent in-person learning unachievable for the vast majority of schools in America today,” Makary wrote. “For instance, if a community has a high rate of COVID transmission, the CDC says students and teachers will need to be tested weekly. That’s not easy to set up for many school systems.”
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He said the guidelines were “dismissive” of data showing the negative consequences that school closures have had on youth — including higher rates of suicide and substance abuse and an increasing hunger crisis
