Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration's push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint - including federal health guidelines - for how that could be done safely.
WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration’s push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint - including federal health guidelines - for how that could be done safely.
“We know that children get the virus at a far lower rate than any other part of the population. There is nothing in the data that would suggest that kids being back in school is dangerous to them,” DeVos told CNN’s “State of the Union.” DeVos also downplayed the risk of children bringing the virus home to parents, grandparents or caregivers.
Her comments drew an immediate rebuke from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said the Trump administration’s approach to schools reopening was dangerous.
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