Dr. Anthony Fauci supports a new study that recommends reducing coronavirus-related physical distance guidelines for personal learning from six feet to three in the classroom.
Biden’s medical adviser was asked about a new Massachusetts study that found that ‘there was no significant difference in the spread of the coronavirus’ between 6 feet physical distance versus a reduced 3 feet, in a Sunday appearance in CNN’s ‘State of the Union’.
CDC KONKEL EASY SCHOOL GUIDELINES DIFFERENT TO 3 FEET
“Does this study suggest that three feet is good enough?” Asked CNN host Jake Tapper.
“It is indeed true,” Fauci said, explaining that the “CDC is very well aware that the data is accumulating, and under certain circumstances it looks more like 3 feet.”
The 6-foot standard has become one of the biggest obstacles facing schools if they want to reopen according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s health and safety guidelines.
Fox News confirmed last week that the CDC would “soon” facilitate its physical distance learning guidelines for personal learning after they allegedly misinterpreted safe distance data in the classroom.
Former CIA analyst and podcast presenter Buck Sexton slammed Fauci and the agency on Twitter later Sunday for backtracking after a year of demanding ‘6 feet of social distance’.
‘Oh, you thought’ 6 feet of social distance ‘was a wonderful super-scientific thing they came up with after years of real world testing and experience? Think again, ‘he wrote.
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Fauci said he would soon expect a shift in the agency’s leadership, but would not provide further information regarding the reopening of the school until the agency announced the reduced requirement for social footing of 3 feet.