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Philly schools must close now to contain coronavirus | Opinion

We must close the schools while we still have time, for the adage is right that you can’t close the barn door after the cow has gotten away. Simply put, changing behavior saves lives.

School Superintendent William Hite (right) addressees a Health Department press conference at the Fire Department's Emergency Operations Center Mar. 12, 2020 to update the City's response to COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Philadelphia. Mayor Kenney is at center and Thomas Farley, Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, is at left.
School Superintendent William Hite (right) addressees a Health Department press conference at the Fire Department's Emergency Operations Center Mar. 12, 2020 to update the City's response to COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Philadelphia. Mayor Kenney is at center and Thomas Farley, Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, is at left.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Mark Kelly Tyler, For The Inquirer
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