click to enlarge ShutterstockState bill would ban schools from requiring masks for students. As an alarming number of children are getting infected with COVID-19, a Republican lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill that would bar local school districts in Michigan from requiring students to wear masks.Rep. I think traditionally people kind of considered, ‘Well, you know, kids aren't going to get that sick with this.’ More than 400 children have died of COVID-19. And it's up to all of us to do everything we can to protect them, as well as we're trying to protect everybody else at the same time.”Many school districts haven't yet decided whether they're going to require masks. Detroit Public Schools Community District was one of the first to require students and staff to wear masks.

Source: MetroXpress August 18, 2021 14:26 UTC