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Schools continue to reopen, as the community continues to deal with COVID. For example, Houston Independent School District faced confirmed and presumed COVID cases within its first days of in-person instruction this week.
What can we learn from this? What is the impact on the community? And what can we should be aware of to keep our children – and each other – safe as the school year marches on?
In this episode, medical experts from the state and local level, as well as a representative from the Houston teachers’ union, discuss their takeaways and recommendations. Listeners, including several teachers, also call in to share their concerns and experiences.
Guests are:
- Dr. Stephen Pont, Acting State Epidemiologist and Medical Director of the Office of Science and Population Health for the Texas Department of State Health Services
- Dr. Luis Ostrosky, infectious disease specialist with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and UT Physicians
- Andy Dewey, Executive Vice President Houston Federation of Teachers
*This episode aired live on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
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