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COVID-19 News

Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?

Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID? No, there is no scientific evidence showing masks cause harm to kids’ health despite baseless claims suggesting otherwise.
(LINDSEY TANNER, , September 16, 2021)
The state has reported 14,000 pediatric cases in the last seven days, a 57% increase from the previous week.
(Kimberlee Krues, , August 25, 2021)
More than half of Florida's students are now enrolled in public school districts with mask mandates despite threats of sanctions from the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who decreed that only parents can decide whether their children wear masks.
(Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, August 25, 2021)
The father of a Florida high school student, known for protesting the district's mask mandate, was charged Wednesday with child abuse after authorities said he pushed another student who took issue with him filming his latest anti-mask stunt.
(Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, August 25, 2021)
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Two Florida school districts that defied state rules and imposed mask mandates for students have been given 48 hours to reverse course or lose state funding equal to the salaries of their school board members.
(ABC News, August 21, 2021)