'I don't feel comfortable with my kids going to school in person...I don't think it's safe right now.' Former HUD secretary Julian Castro appeared on ABCNewsLive to discuss how Texas officials are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
interview on Monday."I don't think it's safe for the kids and I don't trust that it's safe for the teachers and the staff either."
In describing his opposition to the move, the former housing and urban development secretary and San Antonio, Texas, mayor pointed to the impact virus transmission can potentially have beyond those physically in the classroom, foreseeing situations where"the kids may spread it among themselves and come back home to their parents or grandparents and spread it to them."Castro was personally affected by the pandemic last month when his stepmother Alice died after contracting the virus.
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