CDC Director: ‘We Need a Lot More Resources in Order to Get the Schools Safe’

CDC Director: ‘We Need a Lot More Resources in Order to Get the Schools Safe’
Visitors to an Ashtabula County Health Department COVID-19 vaccination clinic wait for service as vaccines are prepared, back center, at Jefferson Elementary School in Jefferson, Ohio on Jan. 23, 2021. Ashtabula Star Beacon, Warren Dillaway/AP
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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In order for schools to be reopened amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, many more resources are needed from the federal government, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky on Sunday.

“I think we need a lot more resources in order to get the schools safe. One of the things that’s really been emphasized in the school reopening is how unsafe some of our school ventilation systems are,” Walensky told Fox News. “That’s a problem not just for SARS-CoV-2 but for other respiratory viruses, for children with asthma, for exposure to mold,” she said, referring to another name for the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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