children now account for 15% of new COVID cases.
Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah have issued bans on mask mandates in schools, but Florida and Texas, in particular, are becoming battleground states for mask mandate policies.
At least three lawsuits in Florida and one in Texas have beenThese bans stem in part from a belief that children are less impacted by the coronavirus. But while earlier strains of the virus were less likely to affect kids and young people, the
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