Westport Public Schools: 16 Cases, 83 Quarantined - Hundreds of High School Students Staying Home
Westport Public Schools announced in their Daily COVID-19 Dashboard that they have 16 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the District, with 83 persons quarantined - showing a slow decline in cases and in quarantined individuals over the past several weeks.
This comes the morning after a Board of Education meeting that explained how hundreds of high school students have chosen to switch from the in-school, hybrid learning model to the at-home, distant learning model. The District reported data that suggests a safe school environment, but some high schoolers have said that the hybrid model is confusing, and that they’d rather the full-week at home than mixed days in-school.
Staples High School COVID-19 cases account for nearly 50% of the total district cases, while its quarantined individuals account for about 42% of the district’s total amount of persons quarantined.
Westport Daily COVID-19 Cases Up 23; Deaths Unchanged
The Westport-Weston Health District reports that Westport has added 23 positive or probable COVID-19 cases, and has added 0 new death. This includes the data collected over the weekend.
Westport total positive or probable cases: 765 cases. Westport total COVID-19 Deaths: 25 deaths.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb Discusses Coronavirus, Vaccines, from Westport on Face the Nation
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA Commissioner and current Pfizer Board Member, was virtually interviewed from Westport on Sunday morning on CBS’ Face the Nation. Dr. Gottlieb, a Westport resident, discussed the future of the coronavirus crisis in the United States, and the upcoming plans to roll out vaccines. The interview described a hard reality to listeners that includes a worsening in coronavirus case numbers and death tolls, but also hope as vaccines are on the ground in some countries and ready to be dispersed.
He explained to host Margaret Brennan that “Things are going to continue to get worse for the next four to six weeks.” and continued to say that “We're not likely to see a peak in the number of infections until about the end of December, maybe into January.” (Dr. Scott Gottlieb, “Face the Nation”).
He continued later in the interview to describe the United Kingdom’s plan to begin vaccinating citizens as early as this Tuesday, with thousands possibly vaccinated in the first week, “They're [Pfizer coronavirus vaccines] now sitting in the United Kingdom ready to go, and they're going to start vaccinating probably on Tuesday. And UK authorities have said they may be able to vaccinate 8,000- 800,000 people in the first week.” (Dr. Scott Gottlieb, “Face the Nation”).