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THEIR INQUIRIES. I DO WANT TO ADDRE THE SCHOOLS AND THEN SECRETARY KEY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AS WELL. THERE’ A GREAT DEAL OF CONVERSATION GOING ON AROUND THE STATE ABOUT WILSON SHOULD SCHOOLS BE CLOSED PARTICULARLY WHENEVER WE’VE SEEN SOME OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION GOING INTO DISTANCE LEARNING AND I’VE TRIED TO LISTEN TO T HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, PARTICULARLY TH JD C MADE CLARITY ON THE GUIDANCE ON SCHOOL CLOSINGS YESTERDAY AND WE’VE REVIEWED THAT AND I THINK IT HELPS GUIDE US IN A STATE AND I ENCOURAGE SCHOOL OFFICIA TO READ THAT GUIDANCE. IT GIVES THEM AN UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS MIGHT IMPACT THEIR SCHOOLS AND WITHOUT READING IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT SAYS THAT AVAILABLE MODELING DATA INDICATE THAT EARLY SHORT-TO-MEDIUM CLOSURES. NOT IMPACT THE CURVE COVET 19 OR AVAILABLE HEALTH CARE MEASURES. WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING SCHOOL CLOSURES IF THERE WAS CONFIRMED CASE OR IF THEN YOU WOULD WANT TO CLOSE THIS SCHOOL LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE CLEANSING AND SOME DEEP CLEANI OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN IT CAN BE REOPENED. BUT THAT’S A SHORT TERM REMEDY AND IT APPLY BROADLY STATEWIDE. A SITE INSTANCES WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND IT HAS AN INDICATED THAT THAT HAS MADE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOMES A THEY GO ON TO POINT O THAT THEY’RE NOT ADVISING SCHOOLS BE CLOSED BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY DOES NOT ADD TO THE HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY BUT IT DISRUPTS TH ABILITY OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO DO THEIR WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHILDREN THAT THE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT IS THROUGH UPS THE DELIVERY OF FOOD FOR FOOD INSECURE FAMILIES THROUGH THE SCHOOL SERVICES AND ON AND ON AS WELL AS T PRODUCTIVITY OF WORKERS THAT DEPEND UPON THAT REGULARITY. SERIOUS ISSUES I MENTIONED YESTERDA AND CDC IS NOT RECKLESS