Debate over kids and face masks heightens as COVID-19 cases fall in US [View all]
Source: ABC News
As new cases of COVID-19 decline across the country for the first time in weeks, the debate over face masks for kids is reaching a fever pitch.
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This week, in Loudoun County, Virginia, where the district's school board voted last month to keep its mask mandate, 29 students were suspended for not wearing face masks. Three families are currently suing the district's school board over its enforcement of the mask mandate despite the governor's order.
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Karla Alsop, a mom of three in Virginia, blames masks for her daughter's difficulty with reading. Alsop's daughter attends a public school in Stafford County, where schools continue to follow a mask mandate.
"She's saying that she can't read like a second grader and she's afraid to go to school. I can't, as a parent, let that go," Alsop told ABC News. "This is about parents having the rights to make the best decisions for their kids regarding their health, regarding their education."
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/debate-kids-face-masks-heightens-covid-19-cases/story?id=82655823
Here's a photo of the mom who claims wearing a mask is causing her daughter's reading difficulty. Make your own conclusions.
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