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Panel of doctors agree students should start school year with masks
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A panel of medical experts that included well-known pediatricians from the Northeast Florida Pediatric Society answered questions during a virtual meeting Monday evening.
On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order in response to several Florida school boards considering or implementing mask mandates. The order ensures parents are able to choose whether their children wear masks during the school year something the doctors on the panel agree students should do.
“A year ago, it was scarce to see sick children and now we’re seeing them sick and lot of it is because they are a greater risk population because they don’t have vaccines,” said Dr. Bethany Atkins, pediatrician with Baptist Health.
As the 2021-22 school year quickly approaches, community members in Jacksonville are pleading with Duval Schools to put a mask mandate in place to protect students against COVID-19.
Now, as Duval County deals with a new surge of COVID-19 cases and high hospitalization rates, health experts are joining the conversation.
On Monday evening, a group of several local doctors and health specialists gathered on Zoom for a public webinar encouraging masking up in schools. The school board and superintendent are in a very difficult situation and perhaps an untenable situation, Dr. Jeff Goldhagen a pediatric doctor and health professor, said. But there’s a right thing to do. Our other elected officials need to take that stand.
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