I cannot fathom why there are still districts without mask mandates. Too many people with their heads in the sand, who reject the science and instead follow politically-motivated, cult-like anti-science. At the expense of our kids and vulnerable adults.
I would love for this to be a normal school year.
I would relish the opportunity to teach my classes of middle school students without a mask covering my face and obscuring my voice.
I would enjoy being able to see the expressions on their faces as I welcomed them to class and got to know them.
But I am not stupid.
I know that doing so would not be worth the cost.
The pandemic is not over – not in Pennsylvania. Covid-19 cases are on the rise in my community and an increasing number of children have gotten sick, been hospitalized or died.
Forgoing masks would risk more. It’s just not worth it.
Only a month ago child Covid cases numbered in the zeroes or low single-digits each day in my home of Allegheny County, according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. During the past…
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