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Event 2: COVID: Mask Mandates, Delta Variant
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BREAKING: Nearly 5,600 students in a single Florida county are in quarantine right now. An emergency school board meeting has been called to consider requiring masks.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) August 16, 2021
JUST IN: Hillsborough County Public School Board will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday after 5,599 students and 316 staff have entered quarantine for COVID. The Tampa-area district, seventh largest in the U.S., has only been in school four days.
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 16, 2021
For everyone screaming “We need to focus on preventative medicine in this country,” I’d like to introduce you to masks and vaccines.
— Emily Porter, M.D. (@dremilyportermd) August 17, 2021
Axios-Ipsos poll:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2021
69% of Americans support mandating masks in schools.
Breakdown:
92% of Democrats support
67% of Independents support
44% of Republicans support
Arizona Republican Doug Ducey has issued an executive order trying to ban vaccine mandates in the state.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2021
South Dakota Senate member Red Dawn Foster (Lakota/Navajo) in her traditional regalia firing back at republican Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to omit Native history from school curriculums. pic.twitter.com/hlyLfTeLkZ
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) August 17, 2021
So apparently a parent ripped a teacher’s mask off at Meet the Teacher in my school district.
— Ryan Clinton (@ryanclinton) August 17, 2021
(We are withdrawing.)
Really striking new polling data:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 17, 2021
* 66% of Americans oppose state laws blocking local mask mandates
* 77% oppose nixing school funding to retaliate against them
Dems should speak more directly to this neglected silent majority of Americans.
My latest:https://t.co/UFP2tOy1jT
Wearing a mask is more patriotic than having 30 flags on your pick up truck.
— Kate 🤍🇺🇸 (@ImSpeaking13) August 17, 2021
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed an executive order essentially gutting any school district's effort to require its students to wear masks.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2021
His order allows parents to "opt out of any order or requirement."