EDITORIAL: It s just a mask
York Dispatch Editorial Board
For God s sake, it s just a mask. Just a simple cloth that covers the nose and mouth and has been proven to dramatically cut down on the spread of COVID-19.
What s more, no one is mandating masks any more. People, including schoolchildren, are free to go into any school, business, church or other public place without a face covering.
And no school districts in York County are suggesting that students will have to wear masks when they return to school in the fall. As health and safety plans are being passed, districts are saying no to mask mandates and that they will consider guidelines from the state and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when making any changes.
The house and neighborhood that body lives in also play a big role.
This is part of the reason we were excited to learn that Nationwide Children s Hospital has expanded its Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families program to Linden and is now planning to invest in building new affordable homes there.
The program is nothing new, but it is quite special.
Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families was launched on Columbus South Side near the hospital in 2008 to reduce dangerous conditions inside homes to improve quality of life.
Since then, $38 million has been invested in improving or building more than 400 properties, Nationwide Children s officials said.
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Retaining and improving the state s quality assurance program for child-care centers that receive state funding is preferable to ending the quality mandate.