Fall classroom format - Wuhan lab leak report - Restoring eyesight to blind

[The full reopening promised by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio] means in person, five days a week, with no remote option for students to attend school exclusively online. Almost 70% of the nation's students attend schools that are currently offering full-time, in-person learning, according to the organization Burbio.
...
At a City Council hearing last week, officials testified that all but 10% of the city's public schools could fit their students into classrooms 3 or more feet apart. The mayor said he believes schools could make 3-feet social distancing work, but that he expects the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to relax the requirements more by August.
...
In New York, Asian and Black families in particular have been more likely to keep their children home, according to demographic data released by the city. Parents there have cited virus safety concerns, a lack of trust in the school system and fear of discrimination in or on the way to school as reasons for keeping their children home.