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How the Race Between Vaccinations and COVID Variants Affects School Reopening
From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel
February 2, 2021·30:13
Episode summary
In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: With COVID-19 vaccinations rolling out across the country, there's hope that more schools in the U. S. will soon go back to in-person learning.
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With COVID-19 vaccinations rolling out across the country, there's hope that more schools in the U.S. will soon go back to in-person learning. But there is also a sense of added urgency. But new strains of the coronavirus are emerging, bring a new sense of concern. Asaf Bitton, a physician, public health researcher, and executive director of Ariadne Labs, talks about how soon he sees a chance for kids to have "just a regular boring school day" again.