July 14, 2020
By Stephanie Soucheray
...Last week, (click here) President Donald Trump tweeted that the CDC's guidelines on school reopening were too expensive and onerous, and said they needed to be revised. He also threatened cutting funding to public schools if they do not open fully in the fall....
He is not capable of being neutral in any of the facts regarding COVID-19 to remove the CDC's authority in this matter.
Let him cut off the federal monies to schools. Governors and mayors are going to have to find the funding needed to continue the "virtual classroom." It is probably less expensive to teach in a virtual classroom. So, it won't be a hardship to continue the virtual classrooms across the USA.
Trump never accepts responsibility for anything. It is always "the other's fault." The direction in Texas, Arizona, Southern California, and Florida is horrible. They opened up their states too soon. If the states important to Trump aren't doing well it was guaranteed he would do something to blame others and show that once he has complete control everything will be better.
The only thing that will be better is the rosy picture Trump will paint through his HHS.
Once the CDC is out of the picture the Governors will have to rely on each other to guide the country forward. Here again, the regional groups will relieve the pressure to lead within their states and know their borders are secure.
There are only 50 governors. That means a group meeting once a month or so is possible. Regional stability will reduce the movement of the virus. State health officials will never be more important. They can set up a group meeting to talk about virus activity within the state with a report to the governor as frequently as the state authorities believe it is necessary.
The Governors can do this. They are great people that care.
