Filer Idaho School Board Scraps Mask Mandate
I’m told it was unanimous. Board members removed the mandate and mask wearing will now be voluntary. It would appear after a year the pandemic fatigue is complete. First we were told there would be two weeks to flatten the curve. Then it somehow morphed into 12 months in many parts of the country. Throughout the past year I’ve heard it said schools were among the safest gathering places. Mainly because kids seemed to have the strongest resistance to the virus.
Nobody appears to be getting tossed out of the building.
More signs the fear may be levelling off came this week. I walked into an auto parts store where a sign told me a mask was required. I’d forgotten to wear one and apologized when I got inside. “Don’t worry about it,” a clerk told me as he waved me over. I looked around the store and realized I wasn’t alone.