Trump undercuts CDC, disagrees with coronavirus guidelines on reopening schools
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President Trump and senior administration officials made a concerted effort Wednesday to downplay recommendations of their own health experts as they ramped up pressure on states to reopen schools, characterizing the move as key to the nation’s recovery.
“It’s absolutely essential that we get our kids back into classrooms for in-person learning,” Vice President Pence said at the outset of a White House coronavirus task force briefing.
The push came as coronavirus pandemic’s surge across the Sun Belt continued Wednesday as thousands of new cases in Florida and Arizona pushed the total number of confirmed infections in the United States past 3 million, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. The U.S. coronavirus death toll has surpassed 128,000.
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