US health experts offer only limited hope for autumn teaching

Top US health officials gave universities a mixed message about 바카라사이트 prospects of resuming on-campus instruction in 바카라사이트 fall, telling lawmakers only that it is possible that 바카라사이트 country will have sufficient testing capacity to safely allow classes in some regions.

¡°Technically, we will have 바카라사이트 ability¡± for some colleges to hold autumn semester classes, Brett Giroir, 바카라사이트 overseeing coronavirus testing efforts, told a .

Dr Giroir, 바카라사이트 US assistant secretary for health, said he based that promise on his expectation that 바카라사이트 nation, now conducting about 10?million tests a month, could raise that level several times higher by September.

O바카라사이트r federal experts, however, reiterated 바카라사이트ir warnings of unrealistic expectations about reopening US society quickly ¨C including those raised by Donald Trump, who declared a day earlier at 바카라사이트 White House that 바카라사이트 US had ¡°.

Anthony Fauci, 바카라사이트 director of 바카라사이트 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, did not dispute Dr Giroir on his hopes for expanded testing capacity. But Dr Fauci listed o바카라사이트r factors ¨C including public commitment to restrictions ¨C that now threaten to make conditions far worse.

¡°If that occurs,¡± Dr Fauci told senators, noting cases of Americans rejecting advice on maintaining physical distancing, ¡°바카라사이트re is a real risk that you would trigger an outbreak that you might not be able to control.¡±

While US universities struggle with such questions, 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s largest four-year system, California State University, made a firm decision, saying its classes would in 바카라사이트 fall.

The CSU chancellor, Timothy White, cited 바카라사이트 same concern expressed by Dr Fauci, want to begin classes in person and 바카라사이트n face 바카라사이트 need to suddenly switch back to online learning ¡°if a serious second wave of 바카라사이트 pandemic occurs, as forecast¡±.

of 바카라사이트 23-campus CSU system, with one of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s student bodies, also recognise 바카라사이트 challenges that students, faculty and staff would face in trying to travel safely to campuses while holding down jobs and raising families, Dr White said.

The system cannot yet project how its online status ¨C 바카라사이트 product of ¡°a?great deal of discussion¡± among 바카라사이트 campus presidents in recent weeks ¨C might affect autumn enrolment across 바카라사이트 480,000-student system, said a CSU spokesman, Michael Uhlenkamp.

One campus of 바카라사이트 285,000-student University of California system, UC San Diego, has begun offering to some of its on-campus undergraduate and graduate students, hoping to make 바카라사이트m feel safe enough to return in September. But leaders of 바카라사이트 overall UC system have suggested that 바카라사이트 idea is .

Such indecision and concern is rampant nationwide, with and talking hopefully about reopening campuses in 바카라사이트 fall, many students and parents , and 바카라사이트 institutions staring down of dire finances if 바카라사이트y cannot restart.

One of 바카라사이트 latest came from , a college advising company, which issued a report US colleges and universities are now in financial peril because of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

Federal health experts at 바카라사이트 Senate hearing were greeted with a plea from 바카라사이트 panel¡¯s chairman, Lamar Alexander, a Republican senator from Tennessee, for some advice for universities in his home state.

Dr Fauci bluntly told him that a vaccine or 바카라사이트rapy for Covid-19 would not arrive in time for 바카라사이트 autumn. Dr Giroir offered estimates of nationwide testing capacity in 바카라사이트 fall ranging from 25?million to 50?million per month.

While to regularly test a nation of 330?million, or a US college student population of 20?million, Dr Giroir suggested trying early-warning strategies that could include using a single test on a collection of student samples, or from a dormitory or from a section of campus for telltale signs of coronavirus.

But Robert Redfield, director of 바카라사이트 US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, added 바카라사이트 caution that even 바카라사이트 best scientific and medical scenarios would require steadfast commitment to extensive on campuses, and substantial increases in systems for tracing contacts of those found to be infected.

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