Yet another sign that the Texas coronavirus outbreak is completely out of control

[Jacob Siegal]

• Health experts are hopeful that schools will be able to reopen in the fall, but hundreds of children at daycare centers in Texas have been infected in recent weeks.
• If the coronavirus infection rate in the United States doesn't drop significantly before the fall, sending kids to school might put their teachers and their parents at risk.
• Texas has reinstated safety measures to slow the spread of the virus in daycare centers.

In recent weeks, health experts have offered hope that schools will be able to reopen in the fall, allowing children to return to some sense of normalcy and giving parents the ability to go back to work. Of course, schools might not look like they did in February, as teachers and students are going to have to take precautions to avoid spreading the virus among themselves and bringing it home to their families. But if the infection rate in the fall looks anything like it does this summer, our ability to reopen schools in the US will be at risk, as Texas seems determined to prove.

According to The Texas Tribune, over 300 children have tested positive for COVID-19 at Texas child care centers. As of Tuesday, June 30th, there have been 950 confirmed coronavirus cases at 668 daycares — 307 children and 643 staff members. This is up from 59 cases in May and 576 cases just over a week ago on June 23rd.

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