Podcasts Health Take as Directed Professor Jennifer Nuzzo: I am glad we are having this conversation on school closures.

Professor Jennifer Nuzzo: I am glad we are having this conversation on school closures.

Published: April 6, 2023, 2:28 p.m.

Professor Jennifer Nuzzo, Brown University SPH Pandemic Center, reflects on the recent March 28 hearing that the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic staged on school closures.\xa0The subject remains \u201ca political football.\u201d\xa0\nBut \u201cwe now better understand the potential harms. We have not all suffered the same harms.\u201d\xa0Progress possible? Not clear, given how toxic the politics has become.\xa0Need to \u201ctake down the heat.\u201d \u201cWe need a national plan for schools\u2019 recovery.\u201d