American Academy of Pediatrics urges schools to reopen in fall

'Already evidence of the negative impacts on children'

By WND News Services
Published June 29, 2020 at 2:35pm

By Andrew Kerr
Daily Caller News Foundation

The American Academy of Pediatrics issued guidance on Thursday urging school systems across the country to have students physically present in schools at the start of the upcoming academic year in the fall.

The AAP, which represents more than 67,000 pediatricians, said that there was mounting evidence showing that children are less likely to become infected with COVID-19, and if they do, they’re less likely to become symptomatic and spread the virus.

In contrast, the AAP warned that long stretches of social isolation imposed on children because of school being closed due to COVID-19 in the spring have placed kids “at considerable risk of morbidity and, in some cases, mortality.”

https://www.wnd.com/2020/06/american-academy-pediatrics-urges-schools-reopen-fall/