Over 10,000 students in Florida school district isolated or quarantined a week into school year

Plus, the White House is expected to recommend a booster shot eight months after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.Just a week into the school year, over 10,000 students and staff in the Hillsborough County Public Schools district in Florida have been isolated or quarantined as districts across the state grapple withHillsborough is the seventh-largest school district in the U.S., with more than 213,000 students.

The district held an emergency school board meeting Wednesday to discuss how to respond to the crisis.One mother of a student yelled,"Have any children died?" as a result of the virus. Some people in the audience shouted back that children have. Parents against masks argued that face coverings prevent kids from smiling at each other and communicate with their peers and teachers.

A wife of a teacher said during the meeting that her husband is immunosuppressed and suggested the district enforce masks just as they enforce girls adhere to a dress code that bans spaghetti straps. One high school student told the anti-maskers,"This tiny piece of cloth is not taking away your freedom. ... Grow up."

District officials said they're providing personal protective equipment and sanitation stations for each classroom, and have installed MERV-13 air filters at each school.

Delta variant spreads quickly not matter what state you live in but abc snooze only talks about Florida

Who knew viruses spread like wildfire in classrooms? I mean other than everyone…

And, how many are following those quarantine rules? That is the problem.they need to understand what that means to all family members

Who couldn’t see this coming? DeSantis, the nation’s worst governor. He was warned by public health officials, but chose to play games with children’s lives.

Madness.

Aaaaand that's why my kids are staying home this school year, again.

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Well, I'm 💔inflorida

Going to be an exorbitant amount of sped students in red states from long covid.

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