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Monday, March 02, 2020

Schools Should Prepare for Coronavirus Outbreaks, CDC Officials Warn

Schools need to prepare for a nationwide surge in cases of the coronavirus that’s currently wreaking global havoc and could disrupt daily life in some communities, federal officials warned Tuesday.

“You should ask your children’s schools about their plans for school dismissals or school closures,” Nancy Messonnier, a director at the Centers for Disease Control, said during a press briefing on Tuesday. “Ask about plans for teleschool.”

Messonnier warned at that time that her agency is confident an outbreak will occur in the United States and is now mulling “exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness.” A few hours later, federal officials, including Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, sought to downplay the urgency of the earlier warning from CDC officials.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This should have been the response to the flu epidemics.....

Anonymous said...

The russians are coming the russians are coming oh wait ..that was the last democrat created crisis

The flu is coming the flu is coming

Anonymous said...

Well, at least WiHi is prepared - if those kids drank the water there and survived, the COVD 19 would be no problem

Anonymous said...

Today is a far cry from the days when black and white television was new, all cars had a ton of chrome, and every kid in the class would come down with measles, mumps and chicken pox before immunization came around. Some caught worse stuff, like scarlet fever and polio.

Anonymous said...

If your kid is drinking water out of the bathroom sink that is marked for handwashing only then your kid is a dumbass.

Anonymous said...

Geeezzzz!!! WTH!! One says plan for the worst, another says don't plan for the worst, another says don't plan at all. With all this BS, I'm planning! :)