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Escambia County Alabama School System Issues Mask Mandate
August 13, 2021
The Escambia County (Alabama) School System implemented a mask mandate Friday.
The mandate applies to all students in grades 1-12, staff and visitors while inside any school facility. Masks will not be required for outdoor activities such as physical education classes and athletics.
All students, regardless of age or vaccination status, be be required to wear a mask on school buses.
The mask requirement was passed Thursday afternoon by the Escambia County (AL) Board of Education. The mandate will remain in effect through at least September 24 and will be reevaluated.
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22 Responses to “Escambia County Alabama School System Issues Mask Mandate”
@ Selfish Neighbors – 10 points + 5 bonus points – WELL SAID!!!
@ Public Health Student – 7 points – failed to encourage vaccination at end
@ Just sayinf – 6 points – great point and schools do have dress codes
@ Lee – 0 points – maybe we should mandate mask and wearing pants become optional..the things that should be covered will be covered and most will not see the jewels as their head is so far up their a…… Follow the Science
@ Common sense – 0 points – he might already be wearing skirts. And if he is that’s ok because we have the “Right” to make those choices.. but skirts are not spreading the virus
The hospitals are full of all of you individual rights people. You should all stay at home when you get sick since you don’t need anyone else anyway. Ignorance and stupidity together is not fixable.
Put a mask on and suffocate your immune system, so when it’s time to remove your mask your immune system has been dormant all this time, not knowing how to fight against anything, yes what a smart idea!!!!
So many people with no understanding about how infectious diseases are transmitted.
“Muh freedumb, mah rights” crowd seems to forget that we all got TB, smallpox, TDap, etc vaccines before we could attend public school. And we had to show that cardboard proof to be admitted.
You’re selfish and ignorant about disease transmission so please sit down and let the experts in the field do their job.
Your “internet/Facebook” research is merely regurgitating false information that does not resemble reality.
Trained & educated people know more about this than you do.
Sad we have to deal with no-nothings who only consider themselves.
I had the shot so I would not have to wear one. If you want to wear one. Wear it. I don’t and I am sick of being told what I have to do.
Poor kids. Absolute nonsense. Putting a piece of cloth on a kids face does nothing more and make them involuntarily touch their face all day long, which is an ideal way to get sick. Plus after the first day the mask becomes a petri dish for bacteria.
What people don’t understand is that mandates, masks, social distancing, and vaccines reduces the risks (percentage) of catching COVID-19, but nothing is a 100% cure. It’s the same as getting the flu shot or using birth control. You are not 100% gonna be safe from the flu and not 100% gonna be safe of becoming pregnant.
I know it’s frustrating and it seems like public health officials “lie” if certain recommendations don’t work. This disease is still relatively new and the variants add more challenges and more fatigue to everyone who feel like they have done everything. But we must not give up and remain vigilant to keep masking and washing our hands and distancing from those who are more susceptible of getting critically ill.
@Just sayinf maybe you should try a skirt. Seems that would be more appropriate for someone like you.
@Just sayinf,
Pants cover things that are meant to be hidden.
Masks cover things that are meant to be exposed.
Masking and wearing pants are not comparable.
Pants are restrictive. I hate wearing pants. The opprosevice government shouldn’t make me. It’s all about freedom.
This kind of nonsense is why I homeschool my kids.
masks are not a panacea, they are just one tool. and breakthrough’s will happen. but i believe masks in school should be mandatory. desantis’ presidential dream will die when kids start dying.
Papers Please.
The basic reasoning behind this decision is based on current CDC guidance. It allows more students to stay IN school if they and the positive student were both masked. Or, they can NOT wear mask and send half the school home due to being a close contact. It hasn’t got jack crap to do with taking away anyone’s rights. It’s about trying to keep the kids in school and the doors open.
Google Arkansas governors regret on mask ban policy. Some school districts in Arkansas have since mandated mask because most of the schools are empty. Over 1200 students in the Marion, Arkansas school district have been sent home due to being a close contact. State superintendent said if students would have been masked the number would be 100 or less.
Exception: In the K–12 indoor classroom setting, the close contact definition EXCLUDES students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) if both the infected student and the exposed student(s) correctly and consistently wore well-fitting masks the entire time.
Where are all the toxic waste dispensers for all the masks they should only be worn for 3 hours then discarded.
Trust the government they are here to help.
Alabama gets it right. Masks are a part of the fight against COVID.
I wish the CDC, or whatever other powers, could have approved the vaccine for children prior to the beginning of school. We know that vaccines work in reducing the number of positive cases. Vaccines also reduce the severity if you do get the virus.
In Escambia county schools started on Wednesday. By Thursday there were 89 cases of COVID! Yes, children who get COVID are not likely to suffer, and may not even know they have it. But they can bring it home to infect mom and dad and grandma and grandpa, etc. This is the big problem.
Our hospitals are filling up with new cases. The new school year threatens to increase the numbers even more. Escambia has less than 40% fully vaccinated.
Get the vaccine. Wear a mask.
Good on them.
It’s a shame schools in Florida can’t do the same without being defunded.
Parents should make the kids wear a mask. What is it hurting? It’s obviously NOT WORKING.. But it doesn’t hurt to try.. My family has done everything that “THEY” have said to do.. We have stayed home, social distanced when in public, always wear a mask when out, and have just about washed the skin off our hands, and sanitized… Yet we have a positive case .. Go figure.. Surprised? I’m not. Nobody knows how to stop or contain this germ warfare we dealing with. But they not going to admit it…
I’[m glad I live in Florida and our Governor allowing us parents to make that decision for our children.
Endless mask mandates from our overlords. Run out and get your vaccinations and this will stop. Yeah right!
Escambia Florida should do the same.