Over 400 Florida students have to quarantine after just the second day of school. Thousands of families have since opted out of wearing masks.
Posted on AllSides August 13th, 2021
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More than 400 Florida students have been quarantined because of COVID-19 after just two days of in-person school, the Palm Beach County district superintendent told WPTV Thursday.
Palm Beach County Superintendent of Schools Mike Burke said 440 students have had to quarantine since the start of school over possible COVID-19 exposure.
As of Friday morning, the school district's COVID-19 dashboard has confirmed 134 cases of COVID-19. Of those, 108 are students and 26 are employees.
Mask wearing had been recommended but not mandatory in the district's schools.
The district has since made masks mandatory for all...
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