COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.]

superchuck500 said
My kids' school went to mask-optional today. My kids are vaccinated and had Omicron at Christmas. We asked them and of course they wanted no longer to wear the mask, so we said fine. We told them they need to bring a mask in case there's a situation where they might need it (the announcement said they will still wear them in large indoor assemblies), and that they should understand and respect that other families are still going to want their children to wear a mask - and that's just fine.

It would be interesting to see how positive cases trend now. Texas doesn't have a mask mandate, although some school districts implemented their own in spite of the governor. Our school district complied with the governor so no masks were worn from the beginning. In January, positive cases from students and staff exploded, but have really come down and leveled off.