Reactions to Mask Mandates in K-12 Schools

Governor J.B. Pritzker recently announced a statewide mask mandate for all daycares and P K through 12 schools — private and public. To discuss that school mask mandate, as well as the latest on COVID-19, The 21st was joined by a professor of infectious diseases at Southern Illinois University and an epidemiologist from the University of Illinois. 

Later on in the segment, we also discussed K-12 school sports and what they'll look like this year with the executive director of the Illinois High School Association. 

GUESTS:

Dr. Vidya Sundareshan, Professor and chief of Infectious Diseases at SIU school of Medicine Medical Advisor to Sangamon County Department of Public Health.

Becky Smith, Epidemiologist, Associate Professor of Pathobiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Craig Anderson, Executive director for the IHSA, Illinois High School Association

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