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Medical experts advocate for mandatory masks in schools
and last updated 2021-07-28 21:20:29-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â As states look at how to handle the increase in COVID cases, schools are now being forced to take another look at their policies ahead of the year.
Leon County schools is among those who will keep masks wearing-optional.
Growing cases of the delta variant and new guidance from the CDC are renewing calls to change the mask policy for Leon County Schools. A local pediatrician today says there s still a lot of uncertainty ahead.
With the current school plan, masks will be optional inside LCS schools this Fall. The mask wearing debate went on for hours during Tuesday night s school board meeting. After the CDC recommended masks indoors for everyone. American Academy of Pediatrics Florida Chapter Immediate Past President Dr. David Paul Robinson says now is the time to revisit the policy ahead of the school year.
Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna also is scheduled to attend.
The news conference will be held virtually at 10 a.m. via Zoom. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN AQR1aJXARFmg971cKUsX-w.
Several members of this new initiative participate in a weekly Friday live-streamed conversation on the status of COVID-19 locally, hosted by Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. To pre-register for that event, visit TMH. org.
Local COVID-19 update
Leon County has had 51 more residents test positive for COVID-19, and one more resident has died because of the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported on Tuesday.