CDC looking 'carefully' at coronavirus distancing guidance for schools, Walensky says
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Following reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be looking to change its guidance for social distancing at schools from 6-feet to 3-feet the agency’s director said they are continuing to look at the data “carefully.”
"As soon as we put out our guidance among the biggest challenges that we were aware of was that schools were having a hard time with the 6-foot guidance, and that of course prompted more studies to say is 6-feet necessary in the context of mask wearing," Walensky said, adding that the first study published comparing 3-feet to 6-feet was conducted in Massachusetts. In the study, there was 100% mask-wearing among students and staff and the data demonstrated that both populations had similar infection rates at 6-feet versus 3-feet.More Related News
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