Hundreds of doctors in Lee County are calling on the School Board to mandate masks in school.
WERE LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT SKMAREQUIREMENTS THAN THE OVERALLPOPULATION.--FIND SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONTONIGHT━ HUNDREDS OF DTOOC INRSLEE COUNTY ARE CALLING ON THESCHOOL BOARD TO MANDATE MASKS INSCHOOL.ONE DOCTOR STARTED PEA TITIONCOLLECTING SIGNATURES AFTER HEROWN DAUGHTER WAS EXPOSED TOCOVID-19.AND ROB YOU SPOKE WITH HERTOY.DASHE TOLD YOU THEY’RE SO MANYCASES RIGHT NOW--THE DEPTHEALTH CAN’T KEEP .UPYES SHARI━ DOCTOR TAEB SAYSHSDIDN’T FIND OUT HER DAUGHTER WASEXPOSED FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEMOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.SHE FOUND OUT FROM OTHERPARES.NTSHE BELIEVES CASES ARE SPREADINGSO FAST━ PARENTS AREN’T GINNOTIFIED, AND SHE SAYS THE ONLYWAY TO SLOW THAT SPREAD TISOMANDATE MAS.SKDOCTOR PARISIMA TAEB SAYS HERDAUGHTER IS NOW ISOLATINATGHOME━ BUT SHE’S TRIED TO INFMOROTHER PARENTS━ BECAUSE NO ONEELSE IS."We did not get any notificationfrom the District, from theDepartment of Heal."ths)(6WE REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTNTMEOF HEAH.LTIT SAYS RIGHT NOW━ THERE ARE 35CONTACT TRACS ERIN LEE COUNTYFOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH MORETHAN 95 THOUSAND STUDENTS.DOCTOR TAEB SAYS━ THERE’S NOWAY THAT STAFF COULD KEEP UPWITH THE FLOOD OF COVID-19 CESASRIGHT NOW."There are kids, there areschool staff members, and thereare teachers who in double-digitnumbers are being quarantinedevery day."(10s)THAT’S BACKED UP BY A LETTERSENT FROM THE TEACHER’S UNION TOTHE SUPERINTENDENT IDFRAY━CLAIMING THERE ARE SCHOOLS WREHEMORE THAN 20 TEACHERS ARERRCUENTLY QUARANTINING.DOCTOR TAEB SAYS━ THE ONLY WAYTO SLOW THE SPREAD IS TO MANDAMASKS.SO SHE STARTED THIS PETITION."There is about, more than 230physicians in the County whohave signed the letter that wassent yesterday evening."(1)0sDOCTOR TAEB SAYS SHE PLANS TODELIVER THAT LETTER TO THESCHOOL BOARD BY DNWEESY.DASHE SAYS IF THE DISTRICT WANTSTO PROTECT KIDS AND STAFF, MASKSARE THE ONLY OPTN.IO"Before anything bad happens toany kid in our district and inour community, I’m hoping theymake the moral decision and mathe right decision and mandatemask"s.(1s)2BUT OF COURSE━ MANDATING MASKSWOULD VIOLATE THE GOVERNOR’SEXECUTIVE ORDE AR,ND COULD CAUSETHE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIOTONFINE THEIS DTRT.ICI ASKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RFOAN UPDATED TOTAL NUMR OFBESTUDENTS AND STAFF CURRENTLYQUARANTINING━ STAFF CURRENTLYSTUDENTS AND TOTAL NUMBER OFSTUDENTS AND STAFF CURNTLYQUARANTINING━ AD NI AM STILLWAITING FOR THOSE NUMBERSTONIGHT.-FACEBOOK PAGE...WE’RE ASKINGYOU TO WEIGHT IN ON COTACTRACING...AND WHO YOU THINK ISRESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING PEOPLEINFORM.-ONE PERSON SAYING I KNOMULTIPLE CONFIRMED POSITIVES ANDSO FAR NO NOTICE TO PARENTS.-ASK ABOUT CONTACT TRACERS-HEALTH DEPT HAS 35 CONTTTRACERS FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICTTRACERS FOR A SCHOOL DISTR
Local doctors speaking in favor of a new mask mandate in lee county schools, that has many parents divided.
Lee County Schools says its opt-out mask policy will remain in place, following a heated meeting Tuesday.
