The risk of death to children from covid is unfathomably low. In more and more districts, it's required for the adults in the schools to be vaccinated. The teachers unions have endorsed a vaccination requirement. A big change for students returning to school this fall, vaccinated or not, they are going to have to get tested for covid on a weekly basis.
NPR’s Anya Kamenetz explains how America is sending its kids back to school while delta surges. Politico’s Lauren Gardner has the latest on vaccines for kids.
Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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