#États-Unis: les débats font rage, les cas explosent
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Dans un document interne des #CDC destiné à accompagner les autorités locales sur le sujet, obtenu et publié par le New York Times dimanche, la réouverture des #écoles et #universités y est considérée comme « le risque le plus haut » de diffusion du virus.
As Trump Demanded Schools Reopen, His Experts Warned of ‘Highest Risk’ - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-schools-reopening.html
WASHINGTON — Federal materials for reopening schools, shared the week President Trump demanded weaker guidelines to do so, said fully reopening schools and universities remained the “highest risk” for the spread of the coronavirus.
The 69-page document, obtained by The New York Times and marked “For Internal Use Only,” was intended for federal public health response teams to have as they are deployed to hot spots around the country. But it appears to have circulated the same week that Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would release new guidelines, saying that the administration did not want them to be “too tough.” It is unclear whether Mr. Trump saw the document, nor is it clear how much of it will survive once new guidance is completed.
C.D.C. Calls On Schools to Reopen, Downplaying Coronavirus Risks - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/health/cdc-schools-coronavirus.html
The new statement came from a working group convened by officials at the Department of Health and Human Services after Mr. Trump made his critical comments. A federal official familiar with the group said it included minimal representation from the C.D.C., which had already written most of the other material released on Thursday.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the Health and Human Services Department, took the lead in writing the statement, which focuses heavily on the positive impacts on children’s mental health from going to school.
Experts on the subject at the C.D.C. were cut off from direct communication with the working group after their input on the statement was interpreted as being too cautious, the official said. Instead, the group communicated directly with the office of Dr. Robert R. Redfield, the C.D.C. director, which did seek input from experts at the agency. But the C.D.C. was by no means in charge, the official said.