Coronavirus Conversations: Reopening schools and workplaces amid the coronavirus
Children attend a sidewalk class for underprivileged children taught in Delhi, India. Most schools in India remain shut since late March when the country imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Sept. 3, 2020.
With fall underway, millions of students and teachers in the US are adjusting to the new normal of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. For college students, living on campus has also brought new challenges.
School communities are divided by questions of how safe is “safe enough,” and administrators are struggling to balance the benefits of in-person instruction with the risks of the coronavirus — as state and federal guidance changes rapidly.
At the same time, many American workers continue to face uncertainty and concerns about returning to their physical workplaces — or remaining in them.
As part of our regular series of conversations on the pandemic, The World’s global health reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Joseph Allen, director of the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
This conversation is presented jointly with The Forum at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Find more of The World’s Coronavirus Conversation series here.
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