As schools across the country continue to struggle with the decision over whether to reopen this fall, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has offered his two cents on the matter: “Don’t.”

Adams says the coronavirus transmission rate is still way too high to reopen schools, and doing so would put students and their families in danger. “The biggest determinant of whether or not we can go back to school actually has little to nothing to do with the actual schools – it’s your background transmission rate,” Adams says. “And it’s why we’ve told people constantly that if we want to get back to school, to worship, to regular life — folks need to wear face coverings; folks need to practice social distancing. Those public health measures are actually what’s going to lower the transmission rate.”

Source: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-surgeon-general-jerome-adams-begs-americans-to-wear-masks/news-story/25d201ad4037c285149dee9840ad36f6