Link: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/05/1020304/reopening-us-schools-complicated/
Excerpt:
The US can look to Europe for how this played out: European countries tried in-person learning last fall but began closing schools as B.1.1.7 swept through the continent. By December, countries including the Netherlands and Germany had shut down their schools in the face of rising case numbers. The CDC says it may need to update school reopening guidelines in light of new information about variants.
This task is made more difficult because tracking the spread of variants in the US is tough right now. Compared with other countries, it has very few labs doing this work, and while more funding will help, Friedrich says there will still be a gap.
Author(s): Mia Sato
Publication Date: 5 March 2021
Publication Site: MIT Technology Review
