New Texas school COVID-19 guidelines rattle medical experts

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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is out with new COVID-19 health guidance for schools that's giving some medical experts cause for concern.

The new guidelines state that schools don't have to inform parents of positive cases; schools do not have to contact trace; and parents can choose to send a student to school if he or she has been in close contact with a positive case, among other updates.

Texas rules maintain that school systems must exclude students from attending school in person who are actively sick with COVID-19 or who have received a positive test result for COVID-19. Parents must ensure they do not send a child to school if he or she has COVID-19 symptoms or is test-confirmed with COVID-19 until the conditions for re-entry are met. TEA says schools may offer remote learning to students who are out.

The guidance states that school systems can consult with their local public health authorities and local legal authorities before making final decisions regarding the implementation of the guidance, however.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-texas-school-guidelines-rattle-medical-experts-161539300.html

[abqtommy]

1. Abbot's message to Texans is "die already since I've gotten my vaccine". Everyone knows

that Fascists are dangerous but nobody has said that they're smart.

[crickets]

2. Back in the day, Sting wrote a song called "Russians."

The refrain was, "I hope the Russians love their children too." That song just popped into my head for some reason.

[Initech]

3. That's what you get when you elect morons who have no business being anywhere near a school!

[bahboo]

4. I swear to god, Texas and Florida govs are doing everything they can...

to fuck things up. What in the ever loving hell...parents and schools need to be in open revolt...

[rownesheck]

5. An evil piece of garbage

who wasn't smart enough to get out of the way of a falling tree branch. I still don't understand how you just not step to the side. Maybe the tree branch was as large as a football field. I don't know. I wasn't there. Also, he's trying to murder my daughter as well as countless other children. Fuck him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. These guidelines make no sense and Austin is going to ignore these idiotic guidelines

Here are the moronic guidelines

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These guidelines are in conflict with Texas law

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I strongly approve of how Austin ISD is going to respond to these guidelines

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