What are the rules regarding masks in your school right now?
What do you think the criteria should be for easing mask mandates? As the surge in coronavirus cases brought by the Omicron variant recedes across the United States, governors in several states have started lifting mask mandates for indoor public spaces and schools. Public health experts disagree on whether these changes are coming too soon, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a clear message last week: “We are not there yet.”
How is this debate playing out in your school? What do you think the criteria should be for easing or eliminating mask requirements? What are the rules regarding masks in your school right now? Do you think they should change? If so, when? Do you wear a mask in school right now? How do you feel about it? Does it make you feel safer? How do you think it affects your communication? Do you find wearing a mask comfortable or uncomfortable? What do you think the criteria should be for lifting mask requirements in schools? Do you think these decisions should be based on data such as case rates and vaccination rates? Are there other factors you would take into account?
Do you think the mask rules for other public spaces should differ from the rules for schools? Why or why not?
In the article, Stephanie Madole’s immunocompromised daughter asks her: “Why don’t people want to protect me?” How is the debate over masks different for immunocompromised members of a school community? To what extent do you think mask rules should take those who are more vulnerable to the virus into account?
How is this debate playing out in your school? What do you think the criteria should be for easing or eliminating mask requirements? What are the rules regarding masks in your school right now? Do you think they should change? If so, when? Do you wear a mask in school right now? How do you feel about it? Does it make you feel safer? How do you think it affects your communication? Do you find wearing a mask comfortable or uncomfortable? What do you think the criteria should be for lifting mask requirements in schools? Do you think these decisions should be based on data such as case rates and vaccination rates? Are there other factors you would take into account?
Do you think the mask rules for other public spaces should differ from the rules for schools? Why or why not?
In the article, Stephanie Madole’s immunocompromised daughter asks her: “Why don’t people want to protect me?” How is the debate over masks different for immunocompromised members of a school community? To what extent do you think mask rules should take those who are more vulnerable to the virus into account?
