with Rare exception is new York, at the initial stage, which has become the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States. There the day before for the first few months during the day there was not a single fatal case. But California is the seventh day in a row, record an average of more than 8.5 thousand new cases a day, and download of local emergency departments increased by 20 percent. “Unfortunately, practice has shown that not all adhere to common sense,” complained the Governor against irresponsible behavior of the citizens. Most counties in California will have to close Barber shops, religious places, sports and shopping centers. Adopted Nudemom the decision was still the most ambitious bounce to exit from quarantine. But it can serve as an example for other regions, where thinking about return limitations.
meanwhile, the new growth of disease in America, more and more intensifies the debate on the school question. The new school year just around the corner, and authorities for several months and failed to take coronavirus the epidemic under control. And while there is no indication that by September the epidemiological situation will allow students to return to school.
School districts Los Angeles and San Diego first announced that in September will open the door for students. So, more than 800 thousand local children will continue to learn from home. And it is a question not only the safety of students, but also a lot of money. In San Diego it is estimated that the enforcement of sanitary measures in the local schools if they are open you need to spend about $ 90 million.
In the coming days the decision plan to accept dozens of other districts. The Governor of the state of new York Andrew Cuomo has proposed a formula by which a decision will be made on schools: they will open only if the average level of infection in the area where they are located, not to exceed 5 percent for two consecutive weeks. In Miami-Dade County intend to conduct the survey and consider the opinions of parents. Several districts are considering the possibility of a mixed system of education. For example, in Seattle the children will be engaged in the classroom once or twice a week, and the rest of the house.
President Donald trump, from the beginning to strive for the early lifting of quarantine measures, requires the resumption of the educational process from September 1. In particular, he and the Minister of education Betsy DeVos threatened to deny Federal funding to those educational institutions which do not do this.
But the pressure on the back of increase in incidence may play a trump a bad joke in an election year. According to the results of recent the poll of the Axios-Ipsos, the vast majority of Americans (71 percent) believe that returning to classes as a “moderate or great risk” for their children. “At this moment of the Americas��seedlings, but rather parents who fail to compel decisions that are clearly contrary to their feelings,” – said the representative of Ipsos cliff young. He notes that even among voters-Republicans, most are now considered unsafe to return the children to school that could become a political challenge for trump.
a Group of 83 millionaires called on governments to raise taxes “for such as they are” to deal with the consequences of the pandemic. “COVID-19 has stunned the world and such millionaires, as we are, must play a crucial role in his recovery,” reads the open letter of the group of “Millionaires for humanity.” According to them, the economic consequences of a pandemic, perhaps, “will drive another half a billion people into poverty”. They believe that one charity, these problems can not be solved, so the government “must take responsibility for gathering the necessary funds and equitable distribution”. Among the authors of the letter representatives of the Disney family, actor Steven Segal, the former managing Director of the investment Fund BlackRock, Morris pearl, and the other millionaires and billionaires from the West.
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