How Many Kids Have To Get Sick Before We Protect Them With Mask Mandates? “Another Texas school enacts a mask mandate in defiance of Governor Greg Abbott's order and just how many kids will have to get sick before states like Texas reverse course?”
— because how many kids have to get sick before states wake up and allow schools to mandate masks?
Central Texas’ Lockhart Independent School District started requiring masks this week after nearly 800 students ended up in quarantine because of COVID-19 spread. The district has 204 active caseswith the majority of those cases being students. The mandate comes after a 5-2 vote by the school board in favor of requiring masks for students, staff, parents, and visitors.
In other words, Abbott can insist all he wants that schools can’t mandate masks but without them, it looks like schools might not be able to stay open this year. My children attend school in a state that won’t allow mask mandates and one is already home for virtual learning after barely a week of in-person class and judging by our latest dashboard update, the other will soon be joining them. Is this all that “freedom” the anti-mask crowd insists we enjoy by skipping masks? Because my kids certainly don’t feel “free” while spending weeks at a time stuck in their bedroom alone instead of safely in their classrooms, ready to learn.
At this point, it’s grim trying to imagine what will have to happen for schools that stubbornly refuse to mandate masks to change course. How many kids will have to get sick? How many will
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