Letter: Schools are breeding grounds for illness
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sydnee Dickson, superintendent of public instruction in Utah is joined by Gov. Gary Herbert, left, and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox as they speak at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 13, 2020, where a Òsoft closureÓ of all Utah K-12 schools was ordered for the next two weeks, effective Monday, in the ongoing effort to minimize the spread of the coronavirus.
The higher education system made a difficult but wise decision to proactively reduce the spread of infection by closing classes. Good hygiene is not enough. So, can you please tell me how continuing to have rooms full of 30-plus children, who are together for seven straight hours, eating in large cafeterias with hundreds of other children, who put their fingers in their noses and mouths and touch each other and every surface is a good health decision, for them or the adults who bring all those germs home with them as well? Just wondering.
Lori Stevenson, Salt Lake City
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