“The Massachusetts Public Health Association has not formally taken a position on the reopening of any particular school,” said Pavlos on Wednesday night to MassLive, shocked after hearing the comment.
She told MassLive that after findings from the MPHA Task Force on Coronavirus and Equity found that in-person learning isn’t as simple it may seem.
The task force is co-chaired by Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health and Cheryl Bartlett, CEO of the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center and a former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The group consists of 100 organizations from across the state that focus on policy issues that highlight inequities that have been laid bare by the coronavirus pandemic with the hope of developing the policy solutions, Pavlos said.