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Dr. Deborah Birx on schools reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Dr. Deborah Birx on schools reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Deborah Birx on schools reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic

As conversations continue around the return to school in the fall amid rising cases of the coronavirus Newsy reporter Amber Strong sat down with Deborah Birx of the Coronavirus Task Force about what schools could look like in the fall.

RETURN TO SCHOOL IN THE FALLAMID RISING CASES OF THECORONAVIRUS... NEWSY REPORTERAMBER STRONG SAT DOWN WITHDEBORAH BIRX OF THE CORONAVIRUSTASK FORCEABOUT WHAT SCHOOLS COULD LOOKLIKE IN THE FALL.WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE ...WE'VEDONE THIS KIND OF LIKE THE FLUWHEN YOU HAD A FLU OUTBREAK IN ASCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL HAS HAD TOCLOSE DOWN CLASSROOMS ORSTOP BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR ASKPEOPLE TO STOP SLEEP OVERS.

IT'SGOING TO BE LIKE THAT BUT IN ADIFFERENT WAY I THINK WE JUSTHAVETO BE MORE QUICKLY RESPONSIVEDUE TO THE AMOUNT OFASYMPTOMATICSPREAD.NEWSY ALSO SPOKE TO BIRX ABOUTTHE RISE IN CASESTHROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.SO THEY ARE PLACES THAT HAVEREALLYCONTROLLED THE VIRUS AND IFPEOPLE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEYARE DOINGSUCCESSFULLY THEY WILL STAY INTHAT PLACE BUT THERE ARE PLACESLIKE TEXASFLORIDA ARIZONA CALIFORNIA THATHAVEN'T BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL.

INTHOSE CASES WE THINK A LOT OFTHAT SPREAD IS FROM BARS..INDOOR BARS.THAT FULL INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLEON NEWSY DOT COM.THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF

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