Children don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to safely resume in-person instruction in schools, Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said on Dec. 27. Giroir, also the U.S. assistant secretary of health, told “Fox News Sunday” that current data shows it is “safe and very important to get children back in school even before they’re vaccinated.” “It’s vital for their health to get them back physically present as soon as possible,” he added. Giroir cited a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which indicates that schools aren’t a significant locus of COVID-19 transmission among children. The MMWR report, published on Dec. 18, found that “close contact with persons with COVID-19 and gatherings with persons outside the household and lack of consistent mask use in school were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, whereas attending …