State Health Officials Need to Update School Reopening Guidelines - An Open Letter As physicians and public health professionals, we write with deep concern on the state of school reopening in California. While we have been grateful for this state’s use of science-based decision-making in the early stages of the pandemic, we have not seen the same centering of science in our school reopening process. We write today to urge the California Department of Public Health to update its guidelines on reopening based on the latest science and data and do so no later than April 1. Urgent action is the only hope to reopen schools this year and prevent severe disruption of the academic year ahead. March 22, 2021 School Reopening 0 0 Comment Read More »
UCSF Physician Leaders call for School Reopening Featured in the upcoming issue of San Francisco Marin Medicine: Long term school closures have a detrimental, measurable impact on children and adolescents. While school closure is challenging for all families, households which include essential workers and those with limited financial means are disproportionately impacted. February 23, 2021 COVID, San Francisco Marin Medicine, School Reopening 0 0 Comment Read More »
