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Physicians Urge Schools to Maintain Mask Mandates, Protect Kids – Tennessee Education Report

Physicians Urge Schools to Maintain Mask Mandates, Protect Kids – Tennessee Education Report
PHYSICIANS URGE SCHOOLS TO MAINTAIN MASK MANDATES, PROTECT KIDS




group of Tennessee physicians this week responded to Gov. Bill Lee urging local school districts to drop mask mandates.

Here’s more from a press release:

“Mask requirements for our classrooms keep COVID out so our kids can stay in school, parents at work and most importantly, protect vulnerable children who do not have the option to get vaccinated yet,” said Dr. Amy Gordon Bono, an internal medicine/primary care physician in Nashville, who also holds a Masters in Public Health.  “And we know it works: counties without mask requirements have seen more COVID spread, leading to more kids getting sick, parents and kids having to quarantine, making it harder on local businesses and families.”

Dr. Sara Cross, an Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the UT College of Medicine in Memphis, who also served on the Governor’s Coronavirus Task Force,  is concerned. 

 “The Governor’s announcement urging school districts to drop their mask CONTINUE READING: Physicians Urge Schools to Maintain Mask Mandates, Protect Kids – Tennessee Education Report

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