Imploring mask wearing in schools, which is against what the governor wants. Tents are being set up in case they need to handle the overflow. The School Superintendent recently proposed a Mask Mandate to be taken up by the board this week in defiance of the Governors Orders and schools in dallas announced a mandate today. In South Carolina which also bars such action, Henry Mcmaster had this to say. Shutting our State Down, closing schools and masking children who have no choice for the government to mask children who have no choice to protect adults who do have a choice is the wrong thing to do, and were not going to do it. Were not going to shut our State Down as other states did. Mandating masks is not the answer. As for what is the answer, he said personal responsibility and Common Sense are. He went on to say that we are, quote, dealing with a virus that we know this year. Which raises the question, is he really . And what makes him think he knows better than the doctors and nurse
Order banning Mask Mandates, in schools, his Office Today put out a Statement Warning of, quote, financial consequences for noncompliance for dissenting School Superintendents and schoolboard members. The most recent data shows the Positivity Rate in florida, for children under 12, at more than 20 . And more than 24 for ages 12 through 19. And because kids under 12 cannot be given the vaccine, publichealth experts have been pushing for mask wearing in schools. Which, in florida, puts them at odds with the governor. Same for texas, where Covid Hospitalizations are climbing so steeply that at one, big hospital in houston, tents are being set up, in case they are needed to handle the overflow. The School Superintendent there, recently, proposed a Mask Mandate to be taken up by the board laterthis week, in defiance of governor abbotts orders. And schools in dallas announced a mandate, today. In South Carolina, which also bars such action, the governor, henry mcmaster, had this to say. Shut
Could push forward President Bidens infrastructure bill. And a disaster of unprecedented proportions, wildfires ravage all corners of greece forcing hundreds to evacuate. As local officials implement mandates and measures to curb the coronavirus, more americans are coming to terms with the severity of the Delta Variant. The cdc says more than 98 of the u. S. Population now live in counties with high or substantial transmission. 250 Million alone live in high transmission areas. Barely more than half the total population in the u. S. Is vaccinated. That is nowhere near the level required to reach herd immunity. And while vaccinations are the highest they have been in weeks, nearly a third of the eligible population, that is americans 12 and older, remain unvaccinated. All this comes as kids across the u. S. Are heading back to the classroom. And while many districts will require them to mask up, that is not the case everywhere. At least seven states have banned any sort of Mask Mandate
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