dreams are on the line. you got this. refresh. it all, comes down, to this. now to the latest in the coronavirus pandemic. in a major ruling againstful governor ron desantis, a judge says the governor s ban on mask mandates in schools is unlawful. desantis says he is going to appeal. this comes as health officials warn cases in florida are rising again, fuelled by children under the age of 12. more than 26,000 kids tested positive. that is a 30% increase over the last week. right now one in every six hospital beds nationwide has a
janessa webb, thank you for the update. appreciate it. the courts have been on the side of mask mandates in recent days. a florida judge blocked governor ron desantis ban on masks in schools saying the governor overstepped his authority when he banned such mandates. in texas, a travis county judge issued an injunction on governor abbott s ban on mask mandates. the fight over these mandates is boiling over in one tennessee school district where covid cases spiked by 40% in four days. dasha burns is there and got caught in the middle of an argument between a doctor and a parent. dasha? we re in the same school district that went viral earlier this month for videos from their previous school board meeting showing some heated confrontations. this time security was out in full force. we saw maybe 30 plus officers, which is a striking sight.
on mask mandates in schools, saying the move is illegal. this comes as the u.s. surgeon general warns more children are currently hospitalized with covid in the united states than at any other time during this year and a half pandemic. we have the medical director at the baylor college of medicine, an emergency medicine physician. she s joining us right now. doctor, thanks so much for joining us. thanks for the critically important, life-saving work you re doing. what is your reaction to this news from florida? how critical is it from your perspective for schools to have the ability to mandate masmasks? it is extremely important, wolf. children have no other way to protect themselves, especially children under the age of 12, because they re not eligible for vaccines. telling school districts and telling students we are not allowed to tell them to wear masks is basically sending them out into the pandemic completely
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entire story. if you have a heart attack in eastern kentucky or have a mild injury or elective surgery as we heard from the guests on the panel, it is likely to be delayed, you re likely to be sent home. that s the reality on the ground. the domino effect of the unvaccinated. you re in houston where students are going back to school today. what s the plan to keep kids safe? reporter: chris, that s the question that parents are asking themselves as we consider back and forth between school districts and governor of texas who is standing by a ban on mask mandates. that said, last week texas supreme court said districts like this one in houston can make that decision and on the first day, saw parents and students walking up, masks on, everyone happy to be back in the actual classroom because virtual learning took up the majority of the year last year, and that s something while they know it is an option, they hope by taking the right steps now, they can keep in classroom learning on t