Read moreAdvertisement Continue reading the main storyDoubts, anger and anxiety as another pandemic school year begins. Protesters rallied for and against mask mandates outside the Cobb County School District headquarters in Marietta, Ga., on Thursday. But in an indication of how politicized the debate remains, more than two-thirds of Republican parents oppose school mask mandates. And nine states, led by Republican governors or legislative majorities, have banned school mask mandates, according to research from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a think tank. Ron DeSantis’s ban on mask mandates.

Source: International New York Times August 15, 2021 05:35 UTC