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To localities and under state law that i think they have a pretty strong argument that this is the obligation or responsibility for local school boards i dont think this is a political and for many governors if you look at the polling with the recent fox news poll and then supporting local districts and then those with the school board and their powers to do so i dont think they are helping themselves politically. paul: dan, do you agree with that quick. >> i think the politics of covid are beco...

Were not working together on stopping this spread of the delta variant as our kids go back to school and are put in dangerous situations in indoor classrooms, if theyre not required to bear masks. >> whats the logic of it? just work it out for me. texas is a place with a lot of sort of republican and conservative history who believe that governments shouldnt be, you know, telling localities what to do. you have a lot of independent counties. who gets -- who wins from this? im trying to figure ou...

Kicked off and something companies dont want to deal with it. they are going to get cases and breakthrough cases and disruption and contact tracing and it may be something thats too hard of a burden for them to have and work from home and distance and remote learning and all of that seemed to have worked in the workplace better than it has for schools, so this might be something that they want to continue to do because so much is uncertain about the trajectory of the delta variant and what the s...

To be difficult for the courts to uphold. the really tricky issue is the one thats heading up the road, which is what happens, and its already starting to happen, what happens when a state bans a vaccine mandate or bans a mask mandate in a locality as congressman orourke was just talking about. what happens when a locality says we want one. that conflict, thats a much tougher issue and i think thats the big fight thats going to be going on for months now. >> would that potentially end up in the ...

And school districts in the state have instituted mask requirements and are even suing the governor over his executive order banning it. joining us now, founder and ceo of advancing health equity, dr. uché blackstock. were grateful shes with us today. >> thank you. >> dr. blackstock, lets start with whats happening in texas. do you think the federal government needs to perhaps step in and intervene in states like there where were seeing more counties an cities pushing back for mask mandates? >>...

And we come back. and some of them cant be with their family because they are, they come in contact with covid patients every single day. it is the people who are not getting vaccinated who are saying, it is my freedom or i just dont want to do it or i want to wait. they are the ones taxing the system. >> absolutely. and theyre putting the doctors, the nurses, all the support staff through that. then also, anyone else that might have an accident and might need to get into a hospital in a time of...

Been here -- some of us have been here for nine hours. we go. we sleep in a hotel, and we come back. and some of them cant be with their family because they are, you know -- they come in contact with covid patients every single day. i mean its the people who are not getting vaccinated who are saying, its my freedom, or i just dont want to do it, or i want to wait. they are the ones who are taxing the system. >> absolutely, and theyre putting the doctors, the nurses, all the support staff through...

>> it might, although many of those issues will be resolved under state law. there are lots of state rules about you know, what localities are allowed to do and what is the province of a state. those are usually decided under state law. they probably would not wind up before the supreme court but some sort of mandate issue may well wind up before the supreme court and the fact that justice barrett, you know, who is a conservative, you know, didnt rebel at this mandate is at least one sign in the...

There was a crisis, we are in it right now, and especially in those two states. but i will say that we need a stronger federal response. i know that biden has spoken out in support of localities about these mask mandates, but we need really more forceful messaging needed from the biden administration and the cdc, but we are seeing unmitigated spread of the virus. there are no masks and very little testing happening. we know that indoor restrictions essentially dont exist any more and essentially...

That, the big one a ruling who issued a temporary restraining order against governor greg abbott and his mask ban on all texas localities, dad judges order will allow send intoning to require masks and schools. which their health department wants them to, do as kids head back into the classroom. joining us now is the mayor of san antonio ron nirenberg, mayor ron nirenberg, thank you so much for being here i know this is a busy time for you in your city. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> let...