EPISODE · Sep 9, 2021 · 21 MIN
Episode: Kids and COVID in Schools with Kevin Richert
from Idaho Reports · host Idaho Public Television
This week, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News joins us to discuss how the spread of the Delta variant has shaped the beginning of the fall semester for K-12 students in Idaho. But first, on Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced it had declared crisis standards of care for north Idaho, as mostly unvaccinated patients have overwhelmed hospitals. The declaration affects ten hospitals from Grangeville to the Canadian border. We’ll have more on Thursday, when Idaho Reports is airing a half-hour special on the consequences of crisis standards of care, airing at 8 pm in both the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones on Idaho Public Television. You can also catch it online after it airs at idahoptv.org/idahoreports.
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This week, Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News joins us to discuss how the spread of the Delta variant has shaped the beginning of the fall semester for K-12 students in Idaho. But first, on Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced it had declared crisis standards of care for north Idaho, as mostly unvaccinated patients have overwhelmed hospitals. The declaration affects ten hospitals from Grangeville to the Canadian border. We’ll have more on Thursday, when Idaho Reports is airing a half-hour special on the consequences of crisis standards of care, airing at 8 pm in both the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones on Idaho Public Television. You can also catch it online after it airs at idahoptv.org/idahoreports.
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