Infectious disease doctor talks school masks

A longtime Palm Beach County School Board member on Thursday suggested that face masks will be optional inside schools "very soon."

Have sent a letter to theSchool District SuperintenOy today.

Um, what did youletter?

And what do you wain regards to the districtessentially Ryan we want tsaying is that we've onlythese strides in our numbeCounty because of mask weasocial distancing, becauseAnd one thing to remembera good quarter of all ourPalm Beach County are newunder the age of 23.

So wepeople who are especiallythat, you know, anyone whoor teenagers live in homes50 year olds who are alsounvaccinated under vaccinaBeach County.

As you know,two thirds of Palm Beach Cvaccinated are 55 older.

Strying to stamp out this cin Palm Beach County, we hthat we not only continuebut we have to protect allare most vulnerable.

And tschool Children and and thheard from a group of parewant options.

They don't ffair that their kids are sphysically, can't breatheHow do you counteract thatand their, uh, issue thatWell, I understand that, bas someone who sees patienthe hospital, I can tell ysuffocating and a lot moreactually have covid infectAnd there's nothing like hyour young adolescent chilcovid.

Um, in many cases abecause we have instancesyounger people continuingoutside of the school.

Sois we know that there isn'of covid within the schoolis that?

That's because ofthe mask wearing and the sBut if we know that therepositive more likely outsiand they come to the schoomasks, uh, then we have anof transmission within theSo at this particular timethat it's important.

It'scontinue with the mask weadistrict.

Okay.

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You k300 deaths, uh, in Palm Becovid in, in Children.

Andthat we continue to do eveuntil we get to the pointhit, uh, you know, vaccinawe need to be, where we'verate.

The low weight needsand then and only then wilUh, you know, releasing so