WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:270000 00:00:00.561 --> 00:00:01.362 students have gone back to 00:00:01.429 --> 00:00:03.064 school and have done so very 00:00:03.131 --> 00:00:03.398 successfully. 00:00:03.464 --> 00:00:04.565 That should be the goal. 00:00:04.565 --> 00:00:07.435 >> We do know that children can 00:00:07.502 --> 00:00:08.569 spread the virus. 00:00:08.569 --> 00:00:09.704 For example, there was a summer 00:00:09.771 --> 00:00:12.173 camp in Missouri, which closed 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:14.575 after 82 campers and staff 00:00:14.575 --> 00:00:15.209 tested positive. 00:00:15.276 --> 00:00:17.311 Texas says more than 1,300 00:00:17.378 --> 00:00:19.414 children and employees in a 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:21.249 childcare facility tested 00:00:21.315 --> 00:00:21.516 positive. 00:00:21.582 --> 00:00:23.518 And here's what the CDC 00:00:23.584 --> 00:00:24.619 guidelines say. 00:00:24.685 --> 00:00:26.587 If children meet in groups, it 00:00:26.587 --> 00:00:27.688 can put everyone at risk. 00:00:27.755 --> 00:00:29.223 Children can pass this virus 00:00:29.290 --> 00:00:30.925 onto others who have an 00:00:30.992 --> 00:00:34.595 increased risk of severe illness 00:00:34.595 --> 00:00:35.096 from covid-19. 00:00:35.163 --> 00:00:36.964 That's your own federal 00:00:37.031 --> 00:00:37.765 government's guidelines. 00:00:37.832 --> 00:00:43.704 >> And we also know that the 00:00:43.771 --> 00:00:52.013 ymcas that provide that there 00:00:52.080 --> 00:00:56.284 has not been high incidents of 00:00:56.617 --> 00:00:56.651 infections. 00:00:56.651 --> 00:00:57.685 It is a matter of paying 00:00:57.752 --> 00:00:59.020 attention to good hygiene, 00:00:59.087 --> 00:01:00.621 following the guidelines around 00:01:00.621 --> 00:01:02.090 making sure we're washing hands, 00:01:02.156 --> 00:01:05.493 wearing masks when appropriate, 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:07.528 staying apart at a bit of a 00:01:07.595 --> 00:01:09.530 distance socially, and doing the 00:01:09.597 --> 00:01:12.633 things that are common sense 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:14.001 approaches to ensuring that kids 00:01:14.068 --> 00:01:15.803 can go back to the classroom and 00:01:15.870 --> 00:01:17.738 can go back to learning. 00:01:17.805 --> 00:01:19.173 >> So, there are a lot of things 00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:22.043 to unpack there. 00:01:22.110 --> 00:01:24.645 First of all, talking about 00:01:24.645 --> 00:01:25.079 ymcas. 00:01:25.146 --> 00:01:26.047 That's great news. 00:01:26.114 --> 00:01:27.582 But I'm asking you about your 00:01:27.648 --> 00:01:28.916 own federal government's 00:01:28.983 --> 00:01:31.152 guidelines, the CDC guidelines 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:33.988 and what the CDC has said is 00:01:34.055 --> 00:01:35.690 that if children meet in groups, 00:01:35.756 --> 00:01:40.661 it can put everyone at risk. 00:01:40.661 --> 00:01:43.231 >> Well, the CDC has also been 00:01:43.297 --> 00:01:44.799 very clear to say they never 00:01:44.866 --> 00:01:45.733 recommended schools close down 00:01:45.800 --> 00:01:47.335 in the first place. 00:01:47.401 --> 00:01:48.669 They are very much of the 00:01:48.669 --> 00:01:49.470 posture that kids need to be 00:01:49.537 --> 00:01:51.906 back in school for a multitude 00:01:51.973 --> 00:01:53.574 of reasons. 00:01:53.641 --> 00:01:54.909 The American academy of 00:01:54.976 --> 00:01:57.278 pediatrics has said the same 00:01:57.345 --> 00:01:57.812 thing. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:01:59.847 Kids need to be in school. 00:01:59.914 --> 00:02:01.215 They need to be learning, they 00:02:01.282 --> 00:02:02.884 need to be moving ahead. 00:02:02.950 --> 00:02:04.685 And we cannot be paralyzed and 00:02:04.685 --> 00:02:06.320 not allow that or not be intent 00:02:06.687 --> 00:02:07.955 on that happening. 00:02:08.022 --> 00:02:10.691 >> So, you're right. 00:02:10.691 --> 00:02:13.294 The aap has said that the goal, 00:02:13.361 --> 00:02:15.763 of course, is for children to be 00:02:15.830 --> 00:02:16.697 back in school. 00:02:16.731 --> 00:02:19.500 But they also signed a letter 00:02:19.567 --> 00:02:21.068 saying schools in areas with 00:02:21.135 --> 00:02:22.803 high levels of covid-19 00:02:22.870 --> 00:02:24.705 community spread should not be 00:02:24.705 --> 00:02:25.907 compelled to reopen against the 00:02:25.973 --> 00:02:26.774 judgment of local experts. 00:02:26.841 --> 00:02:28.309 And it sounds like what you're 00:02:28.376 --> 00:02:30.378 saying is you as the secretary 00:02:30.711 --> 00:02:33.915 of education is compelling. 00:02:33.981 --> 00:02:36.717 You are compelling schools to 00:02:36.717 --> 00:02:39.287 reopen regardless of what's 00:02:39.353 --> 00:02:39.554 happening. 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:40.955 >> Now, what we're saying is 00:02:41.022 --> 00:02:43.090 that kids need to be back in 00:02:43.157 --> 00:02:44.926 school, and that school leaders 00:02:44.992 --> 00:02:46.928 across the country need to be 00:02:46.994 --> 00:02:48.729 making plans to do just that. 00:02:48.729 --> 00:02:49.530 There is going to be the 00:02:49.597 --> 00:02:50.865 exception to the rule. 00:02:50.932 --> 00:02:52.366 But the rule should be that kids 00:02:52.733 --> 00:02:54.902 go back to school this fall. 00:02:54.969 --> 00:02:57.672 And where there are little 00:02:57.738 --> 00:02:59.106 flare-ups or hot spots, that can 00:02:59.173 --> 00:03:01.809 be dealt with on a 00:03:01.876 --> 00:03:03.411 school-by-school or a 00:03:03.477 --> 00:03:04.946 case-by-case basis. 00:03:05.012 --> 00:03:05.613 There's ample opportunity to 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:06.747 have kids in school. 00:03:06.781 --> 00:03:08.749 There's many counties across the 00:03:08.816 --> 00:03:10.751 country that have virtually no 00:03:10.751 --> 00:03:10.851 cases. 00:03:10.918 --> 00:03:13.221 And so school leaders need to be 00:03:13.287 --> 00:03:16.324 looking at the granular data 00:03:16.390 --> 00:03:17.558 right on the ground where they 00:03:17.625 --> 00:03:20.761 are and looking at if there are 00:03:20.761 --> 00:03:21.662 problems, then how are you going 00:03:21.729 --> 00:03:22.763 to deal with them?