Making sense of the COVID strategy in America's schools

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

News, On Point, Npr, Talk Show, Daily

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The White House promises schools 10 million COVID tests every month. But some medical experts say testing in schools may hurt more than help. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Dr. Monica Gandhi join Meghna Chakrabarti to make sense of what's happening in America's schools.

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0:48.6	This is on point, I'm Megna Chakrabardi and today we're going to talk about COVID and schools.
0:53.9	We will start with Dr. Rochelle Wollensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
0:59.9	Dr. Wollensky, welcome to On Point.
1:02.7	Hi, Megna.
1:03.3	Great to be back with you.
1:05.0	First of all, let's just dive right into some of the CDC's latest recommendations for schools.
1:10.0	One of the things is the recommended reduction of quarantine period to five days.
1:15.6	Can you just quickly explain why that is?
1:19.0	Well, maybe it would be helpful first to rewind and say, you know, one of the highest priorities here
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