Mason City Schools makes adjustments to student quarantine rules Share Updated: 7:27 PM EST Dec 11, 2020 Share Updated: 7:27 PM EST Dec 11, 2020
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Show Transcript IN OHIO’S STATEWIDE RAPID TEST PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT. IN 10 MONTHS OF THIS PANDEMIC, IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING, IT IS THAT INFORMATION CHANGE DAY TO DAY AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT CORONAVIRUS. AS WE KNOW MORE AND WE HAVE MORE DATA, WE CAN MA BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS. FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE CDC, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE WARREN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, MASON CITY SCHOOLS HAS CHANGED ITS QUARANTINE GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS OR HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO TESTS POSITIVE. WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS TO THE QUARANTINE PROCESS. OPTION ONE IS A 14-DAY QUARANTINE. OPTION TWO, OPTIO B, IS PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR OPTION WITH MOST FOLKS, A 10-DAY QUARANTINE. ONLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS THE THIRD OPTION IS TO QUA