I'm an ER doctor and father who believes school is as essential as healthcare — and we need to extend our pandemic wartime response to get our kids safely back to school

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• Imamu Tomlinson, MD, is the CEO of Vituity and an emergency medicine physician at Adventist Health, Selma.
• As a father and physician, he says the question over whether schools should reopen has loomed large.
• But to him, the real question to address is how we can ensure a safe return to school — and that whole communities should step up and help make it happen.
• This could be through partnerships with local businesses, or, in places where schools cannot safely reopen, establishing programs for vulnerable students.
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As an emergency physician, I'm often asked about COVID-19. People want to know if it's safe to go to the grocery store, if homemade masks actually work and if they can catch the disease while jogging.

But recently, the question that looms large above all others is whether kids should return to school in the fall.

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