Some Seattle parents worry about new COVID variants as schools drop mask mandate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Starting Monday, masks will be optional for the roughly 50,000 Seattle Public Schools (SPS) students.

The district maintains masks are still strongly encouraged, but some parents are feeling conflicted.

"We thought we were fine, and then we weren't fine. And there could be new variants circulating out there, and you don't know what's going to happen," said one parent with two kids at John Hay Elementary in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood.

Others feel confident ahead of Monday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/some-seattle-parents-worry-about-new-covid-variants-as-schools-drop-mask-mandate/ar-AAUWh2E

[Salviati]

1. Can't say that I disagree...

I mean the daily new case count is looking much much better these days, but the infection rate has been growing for the past 3 weeks, and it could be above 1.0 right now. If we were serious about squashing this thing, we'd be keeping the masks on for a bit longer.

[SheltieLover]

2. BA.2 ramping up