Virus outbreaks temporarily close 4 Texas school districts

[rdking647]

Source: AP

As the new school year begins for Texas students and mask mandates are debated in various state courts, at least four school districts have already closed campuses due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

The shutdowns are taking place as more school districts and communities continued this week to defy Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on mask mandates and require students and residents to wear face coverings. Tuesday afternoon, Abbott’s office announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. Abbott, who is vaccinated, was experiencing no symptoms.




Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-texas-education-coronavirus-pandemic-8e78f68e2c0f118a3cc0c7cc68ff28cc

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The school boards of any district that has to shut down or has a major outbreak and has no mask mandate should be forced to resign.
If I had my way they would be charged with recless endangerment.

[RockRaven]

1. How could anyone have seen this coming?

[bahboo]

2. yeah, because shutting down is better than wearing masks...

jesus fucking christ....

[DemocraticPatriot]

10. Actually, shutting down IS better if we really want to stop the spread.

We seem to have pushed the "reopen the schools" thing at least one semester too early...

What may have looked viable a few months ago, looks much less so now, with Delta on the loose and infecting more children than previous variants.

[Budi]

3. Gov Abbott is being treated with $1500 REGENERON, pd for by Texans.

I hate his guts.

[TxGuitar]

4. So say we all. NT

[Texaswitchy]

5. We could say I told you so.

[bluestarone]

6. Let's not let the people of Texas

FORGET THIS!

[Pas-de-Calais]

7. Winter is coming

[LeftInTX]

8. It's not the school board fault...Abbott is taking legal action against any district that imposes

a mask mandate...

[IronLionZion]

9. This happened because brought refugees over from Afghanistan

Too soon?

Lots of freepers and a few DUers are ready to claim Afghanis are bringing COVID. Since there just wasn't much COVID in the US before.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. so predictable. We are really fucked up due to GQP and freedumb fighters

[Farmer-Rick]

12. I hope we don't have the Covid-19 childhood deaths

Like they got in Brazil.

Keep your kids home and safe if you can.

[IronLionZion]

13. Masks are like lockdowns for your face

vaccines are like lockdowns for your immune system and vital organs



Not sure the ages of these kids but the virus has already killed kids too young for the vaccine. Their only protection is masks.

[riversedge]

14. "Mask wearing was optional in these four school districts. At least 21 other Texas school districts,

my guess is that few masked up.




"Mask wearing was optional in these four school districts. At least 21 other Texas school districts, including some of the state’s biggest, have instituted mask mandates, which are in violation of Abbott’s executive order banning such measures. "

[Initech]

15. Who could have seen that coming?