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Small minority of parents who did not want masks in school. >> it was madness that we even had to sue the governor to get to this place. we prevailed and thankfully the facts matter. >> welcome back to the program, dr. kavita patel, clinical physician and former senior policy aide during the obama administration, also one of our public health experts. doctor patel, the cdc described where outbreaks are occurring right now. take a listen. >> large-scale quarantines or large numbers of cases are g...

With delta. let me show you just the vaccination rates here. obviously 12 to 15-year-olds, they got authorized later, but you can see that there is a significant sort of difference in terms of the percentage of uptake of vaccines overall. and thats a concern because kids can get sick. i mean, 450 children have died. thousands have been hospitalized. tens of thousands have been diagnosed. its leading to quarantines of schools all over the country. but to give you a little bit of context, 450 chil...

And even with the mandate in effect, covid is still a big issue in your schools, right? >> yeah, so we lost two of our employees actually before we even had our teachers start coming back to campus the week before we had our actual classes start. and we were noticing as well beyond the two students that passed the positivity rate for employees were increasing quite quickly and we were having projects having to be shut down because of the amount of people who tested positive. now we are running i...

Battle with governor desantis and the board of education i want to give people an idea why this mask mandate is so important in your district. it went into effect because you had positive cases even deaths amongst your staff. and even with the mandate covid is still a big issue in your schools, right? >> yeah, so we lost two of our employees actually before we even had our teachers start coming back to campus the week before we had our chactual campuses start. and we were noticing as well beyond...

District in kentucky that went back for three days masking optional and had 700 quarantines in just the first three days. >> reporter: nationwide, the average daily covid-19 death toll is now over 1,000 and still climbing. average new cases a day more than 150,000. hasnt been that high since january. but is that leveling off? >> maybe you could kind of peak at that curve and say maybe its trying to find its way from the steepest slope into something a little bit more gradual, but, boy, no reason...

Staffing shortages. at least one has been enforced to enact disaster plans. look at that graph. its going in the wrong direction. joining me now is kentucky governor andy bashir. good morning. >> good morning. >> the court ordered you to rescind your mask mandate, but the state board of education, its still requiring masks in public schools. im talking about a mask mandate for students. so some students have to, others dont. i just wondered does that create confusion for parents? >> well, there ...

Have mandated universal masking inside school buildings. >> the masks are uncomfortable, but its for safety. >> if i wear my mask, that means i get to see my friends, ill just wear a mask. >> reporter: cdc data showing the hospitalization rate for children is 33% higher than in january, the previous peak. as cases have stacked up, school systems have faced widespread quarantines and rushed to make policy changes. between the first and 13th of august, mississippi reported around 6,000 cases among...

Heres cnns evan. >> reporter: this tampa 11-year-old had a strange first week of middle school. >> in two classes i had like five kids quarantined. >> that seems like a lot. >> it is. >> was it scary? >> no. but one of my friends said everyone around her was quarantined so i am pretty much she was scared. >> are you worried you might be quarantined? >> maybe. >> at least 15 states have now mandated universal masking inside school buildings. following cdc guidelines for safer reopening amid the d...

Five kids quarantined. >> reporter: that seems like a lot. >> it is. >> was it scary? >> no, but one of my friends said everyone around here was quarantined so im pretty sure she was scared. >> reporter: are you worried you might be quarantined? >> maybe. >> reporter: at least 15 states have now mandated universal masking inside school buildings. following cdc guidelines for safer reopening amidst the delta surge. >> the masks are uncomfortable, but its for safety. if i wear my mask, that means ...

Kids quarantined. >> that seems like a lot. >> it is. >> scary? >> no, but one of my friends said that everyone around her was quarantined, so im pretty sure she was scared. >> are you worried you might be quarantined? >> maybe. >> reporter: at least 15 states have now mandated universal masking inside school buildings. following cdc guidelines for safer reopening amidst the delta surge. >> the masks are uncomfortable, but its for safety. if i wear my mask, that means i get to see my friends. il...