'Yes, the rates are dropping. But it's not zero and were still seeing COVID in the community.'
A heated Chicago Public School board meeting shows the debate over COVID-19 safety is far from over, as the state and city vow to lift COVID restrictions in just a few days.
The “Stay in School Coalition” wants to follow Indiana’s lead- where students who are exposed no longer need to quarantine regardless of vaccination status. They also want to make masking optional. Their petition has a few hundred signatures. CPS serves more than 340,000 students.But just days before the city will roll back COVID restrictions, the school board points to the student vaccination rate falling far below the city as to why their safety policy will stay.
The board said he data shows progress, but calls that progress slow. Testing is up with 64,000 handed out this week and the number of positive COVID cases are at its lowest point since Halloween.
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